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Francesco Usai
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Francesco Usai is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Viral replication & Viral quasispecies. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 205 citations.
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Early changes in hepatitis C viral quasispecies during interferon therapy predict the therapeutic outcome.
Patrizia Farci,R Strazzera,Harvey J. Alter,Stefania Farci,Daniela Degioannis,Alessandra Coiana,Giovanna Peddis,Francesco Usai,Giancarlo Serra,Luchino Chessa,Giacomo Diaz,Angelo Balestrieri,Robert H. Purcell +12 more
TL;DR: The study of the evolution of the HCV quasispecies provides prognostic information as early as the first 2 weeks after starting therapy and opens perspectives for elucidating the mechanisms of treatment failure in chronic hepatitis C.