Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 609-611 , September 2009

The complexities of hepatitis C virus entry

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☆ The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00455-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.06.014

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 609-611 , September 2009

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