“…HCV RNA has been detected in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronically infected patients (Blackard et al, 2005, Laskus et al, 2000, Lerat et al, 1996, Lerat et al, 1998, Muller et al, 1993, Navas et al, 1998, in the central nervous system (Forton et al, 2004, Morsica et al, 1997, and other tissues like pancreas, thyroid, spleen (Laskus et al, 1998), seminal fluid (Bourlet et al, 2002. Negative strand HCV RNA was also detected, suggesting HCV replication.…”