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Common polymorphic effectors of immunity against hepatitis B and C modulate susceptibility to infection and spontaneous clearance in a Moroccan population.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2014
Rebbani Khadija, Ezzikouri Sayeh, Marchio Agnès, Ababou Mostafa, Kitab Bouchra, Dejean Anne, Kandil Mostafa, Pineau Pascal, Benjelloun Soumaya
Abstract excerpt
Chronic diseases caused by hepatitis B and C viruses may evolve towards major complications as liver cirrhosis and cancer. Fortunately, only subsets among acutely infected individuals develop a persistent disease suggesting that genetic susceptibility may influence the establishment of chronicity. In the present study we aim to explore variants distribution in genes encoding for important immune response...
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