Theaflavins, polyphenols of black tea, inhibit entry of hepatitis C virus in cell culture

• Pritom Chowdhury,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France, Department of Biotechnology, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, TRA, Jorhat, Assam, India

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• Marie-Emmanuelle Sahuc,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

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• Yves Rouillé,

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

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

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• Céline Rivière,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, Univ. Lille, INRA, ISA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, Lille, France

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• Natacha Bonneau,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation ICV - Institut Charles Viollette, Univ. Lille, INRA, ISA, Univ. Artois, Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale, Lille, France

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• Alexandre Vandeputte,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

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• Priscille Brodin,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

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• Manoranjan Goswami,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, TRA, Jorhat, Assam, India

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• Tanoy Bandyopadhyay,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Tocklai Tea Research Institute, TRA, Jorhat, Assam, India

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• Jean Dubuisson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

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• Karin Séron

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: karin.seron@ibl.cnrs.fr

  Affiliation University of Lille, CNRS, INSERM, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Lille, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9667-133X

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