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In Egyptians, a mutation in the lymphotoxin-alpha gene may increase susceptibility to hepatitis C virus but not that to schistosomal infection.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Dec 2008
Elsammak M Y, Al-Sharkaweey R M, Ragab M S, Amin G M, Kandil M H
Abstract excerpt
In Egypt, human schistosomiasis is a chronic endemic disease that can produce portal hypertension and occasionally death. Curiously, most Egyptian cases of the disease are complicated by co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the co-infection generally resulting in more severe liver disease than seen in those only infected with HCV. The high frequency of co-infection may be the result of transmission of the...
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