Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:26:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-12-01; National Institutes of Health; The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a species of diverse genotypes that infect over 170 million people worldwide, causing chronic inflammation, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV genotype 3a is common in Brazil, and it is associated with a relatively poor response to c...