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Hepatitis C virus Genotype 1a core gene nucleotide patterns associated with hepatocellular carcinoma risk.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2015
Korba Brent, Shetty Kirti, Medvedev Alexei, Viswanathan Prasanth, Varghese Rency, Zhou Bin, Roy Rabindra, Makambi Kepher, Ressom Habtom, Loffredo Christopher A
Abstract excerpt
Specific sequence changes in codons 70 and 91 of the hepatitis C virus genotype 1b (HCV GT1b) core gene have been associated with increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Essentially all previous studies were conducted in Asian populations with a wide range of liver disease, and none were conducted specifically in GT1a-infected individuals. We conducted a pilot study in a multiethnic population in the...
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