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HLA-Cw*04 and hepatitis C virus persistence.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2002
Thio Chloe L, Gao Xiaojiang, Goedert James J, Vlahov David, Nelson Kenrad E, Hilgartner Margaret W, O'Brien Stephen J, Karacki Peter, Astemborski Jacquie, Carrington Mary, Thomas David L
Abstract excerpt
In studies of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the early host immune response is one of the determinants of viral persistence. The class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA), which present foreign antigen to cytolytic T cells, are integral components of this response. We hypothesized that the highly polymorphic HLA genes affect the outcome of an HCV infection. To test this hypothesis, we molecularly typed 231...
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