Evolution of hepatitis C virus infection under host factor influence in an ethnically complex population

Liver International

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1371-1378

  Cursino Santos, Jeny R ^a   Donadi, Eduardo A ^a   Martinelli, Ana L C ^a   Louzada, Paulo ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HCV; HepatitisC; HLA; Liver disease; Spontaneous viral clearance; Viral genotype

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; BRAZIL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36349013757     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01600.x     Document Type: Article

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