Admixture analysis of spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance in individuals of African descent

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 241-246

  Wojcik, G L ^a   Thio, C L ^b   Kao, W H L ^a,b   Latanich, R ^b   Goedert, J J ^c   Mehta, S H ^a   Kirk, G D ^a   Peters, M G ^d   Cox, A L ^b   Kim, A Y ^e   Chung, R T ^e   Thomas, D L ^a,b   Duggal, P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRAL CLEARANCE; BLACK PERSON; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 20; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; REMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; SCAPER PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84902077431     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2014.11     Document Type: Article

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