HCV replication in gastrointestinal mucosa: Potential extra-hepatic viral reservoir and possible role in HCV infection recurrence after liver transplantation

• Giovanna Russelli ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: grusselli@ismett.edu

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1920-0892

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• Paola Pizzillo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy

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• Gioacchin Iannolo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy

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• Floriana Barbera,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy

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• Fabio Tuzzolino,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Office of Research, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-2135

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• Rosa Liotta,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Pathology Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy

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• Mario Traina,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Endoscopy Service, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy

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• Giovanni Vizzini,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy

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• Bruno Gridelli,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department for the Treatment and Study of Abdominal Diseases and Abdominal Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy

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• Ester Badami ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ester Badami, Pier Giulio Conaldi

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fondazione Ri.MED, Palermo, Italy

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• Pier Giulio Conaldi

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ester Badami, Pier Giulio Conaldi

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine and Advanced Biotechnologies, IRCCS-ISMETT (Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad alta specializzazione), Palermo, Italy, Fondazione Ri.MED, Palermo, Italy

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