Hepatitis C Virus: From Molecular Virology to Antiviral Therapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bartenschlager, Ralf. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 369
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Drug interactions.; Medical virology.; Clinical medicine.; Biomedicine.; Virology.; Drug Resistance.; Hepatology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27340-7

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major causative agent of chronic liver disease, is spread throughout the world and around 170 million people are persistently infected. In this volume, world-leading experts in the field of HCV research have compiled the most recent scientific advances to provide a compreh...

Table of Contents:

• The Origin of Hepatitis C Virus
• Cell Culture Systems for Hepatitis C Virus
• Animal Models for Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis C Virus Entry
• Hepatitis C Virus Proteins: From Structure to Function
• Hepatitis C Virus RNA Translation
• Hepatitis C Virus RNA Replication
• Virion Assembly and Release
• Innate Immune Responses to Hepatitis C Virus
• Adaptive Immune Responses in Hepatitis C Virus Infection
• Liver Injury and Disease Pathogenesis in Chronic Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis C Virus-Specific Directly Acting Antiviral Drugs
• Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C: Current and Future.