[HTML][HTML] The long and winding road leading to the identification of the hepatitis C virus

M Houghton - Journal of hepatology, 2009 - Elsevier
This review describes work conducted largely in my laboratory at the Chiron Corporation
between 1982 and 1989 that led to the identification of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Key
colleagues included Dr. Qui-Lim Choo in my laboratory and Dr. George Kuo also of Chiron
as well as my collaborator Dr. Daniel Bradley at the CDC who provided many biological
samples from the NANBH chimpanzee model. Numerous molecular approaches were
explored including the screening of tens of millions of bacterial cDNA clones derived from …