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HCV RNA levels in a multiethnic cohort of injection drug users: human genetic, viral and demographic associations.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jul 2012
Uccellini Lorenzo, Tseng Fan-Chen, Monaco Alessandro, Shebl Fatma M, Pfeiffer Ruth, Dotrang Myhanh, Buckett Dianna, Busch Michael P, Wang Ena, Edlin Brian R, Marincola Francesco M, O'Brien Thomas R
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: In patients with chronic hepatitis C, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA level is an important predictor of treatment response. To explore the relationship of HCV RNA with viral and demographic factors, as well as IL28B genotype, we examined viral levels in an ethnically diverse group of injection drug users (IDUs). Between 1998 and 2000, the Urban Health Study (UHS) recruited IDUs from street settings...
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