Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33383891›Full record

ReviewViruses2020

Therapy Implications of Hepatitis C Virus Genetic Diversity.

Miguel Angel Martinez, Sandra Franco

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transient receptor potential channels inChannels (Austin, Tex.) · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Evaluation of the hepatitis c virus screening program in the Marche Region (Italy): experience from the Pesaro-Urbino health authority.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. A Bibliometric Analysis of the HCV Drug-Resistant Majority and Minority Variants.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Roseoside Is a Bioactive Compound inMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  17. Review
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Miguel Angel MartinezMiguel Angel Martínez, IrsiCaixa, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6681-4950
Sandra FrancoMiguel Angel Martínez, IrsiCaixa, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4126-2202
IrsiCaixa · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen with a high chronicity rate. An estimated 71 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection, which carries the risk of progression to hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Similar to other RNA viruses, HCV has a high rate of genetic variability generated by its high mutation rate and the actions of evolutionary forces over time. There are two levels of HCV genetic variability: intra-host variability, characterized by the distribution of HCV mutant genomes present in an infected individual, and inter-host variability, represented by the globally circulating viruses that give rise to different HCV genotypes and subtypes. HCV genetic diversity has important implications for virus persistence, pathogenesis, immune responses, transmission, and the development of successful vaccines and antiviral strategies. Here we will discuss how HCV genetic heterogeneity impacts viral spread and therapeutic control.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationAntiviral AgentsClinical Decision-MakingDisease ManagementDrug Resistance, ViralGenome, ViralGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis CHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansQuasispeciesRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsRNA, Viralgenetic diversityHCVquasispeciestherapy

Identifiers

PMID33383891
PMCPMC7824680
OpenAlexW3114946295

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.