Discovery of HCV vaccine: Where do we stand?

• Published in: Indian journal of medical microbiology Vol. 57; p. 100940
• Main Authors: Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu, Saravanan, Shanmugam, Vignesh, Ramachandran, Sivamalar, Sathasivam, Nallusamy, Duraisamy, Sankar, Sathish, Krithika, Chandrasekaran, Sridhar, Chitathoor, Raju, Sivadoss, Velu, Vijayakumar, Shankar, Esaki M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier B.V 01.09.2025
• Subjects: Hepatitis C virus; Human clinical trials and immune responses; Infectious Disease; Preventive vaccine; Therapeutic vaccine; Human clinical trials and immune responses; Hepatitis C virus; Therapeutic vaccine; Preventive vaccine; Hepatitis C Virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is still a serious public health issue because it can cause cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and chronic hepatitis. In almost 70 % of cases, HCV infection results in chronic persistence, which causes progressive liver disease over time. Though tremendous research ha...