Ethnicity and route of HCV infection can influence the associations of HLA with viral clearance in an ethnically heterogeneous population

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 692-699

  De Almeida, B S ^a   Fabricio Silva G M ^b   Da Silva, P M ^a   De Mello Perez, R ^a   Figueiredo, F A F ^a   Porto, L C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ethnicity; hepatitis C virus; human leucocyte antigen; route of infection; viral clearance

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052832240     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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