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Single nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in the IL10 region associated with HCV clearance.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2005
Oleksyk T K, Thio C L, Truelove A L, Goedert J J, Donfield S M, Kirk G D, Thomas D L, O'Brien S J, Smith M W
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an infectious blood-borne pathogen that usually persists as a chronic infection. However, approximately 15% of the time, patients can clear the virus, indicating that host differences could be critical in determining the course of HCV infection. The inflammatory response is crucial to resolving or failing to resolve an acute HCV infection. Some previous reports have implicated...
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