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Short communication: serum-based assay accurately detects single nucleotide polymorphisms of IL28B and SOCS3 in HIV/hepatitis C virus-coinfected subjects.
AIDS research and human retroviruses - 1 Aug 2014
Shaffer Ashton, Hubbard Jon J, Townsend Kerry, Kottilil Shyam, Polis Michael A, Masur Henry, Kohli Anita
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have become important in predicting treatment response to interferon containing anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy in HCV and HIV/HCV-infected patients. A reliable method for extracting host DNA from serum for genotyping assays would present a practical alternative for clinicians and investigators seeking to perform SNP analyses in HCV-infected patients, particularly in...
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