Factors Associated with Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus in Chinese Population

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kong, Fei ^a   Pan, Yu ^a   Chi, Xiumei ^a,b   Wang, Xiaomei ^a,b   Chen, Linjiao ^a   Lv, Juan ^a   Sun, Haibo ^a   Wu, Ruihong ^a,b   Jin, Jinglan ^a   Yu, Ge ^a,b   Ma, Zhenhua ^a,c   Wang, Yang ^a   Huang, Xinxing ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Bai, Yang ^a   Jia, Jing ^a   Minuk, Gerald Y ^d   Zhong, Jin ^e   Sun, Bing ^e   Jiang, Jing ^a   Niu, Junqi ^a   more..

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE PASTEUR OF SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 28B; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHINESE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRAL CLEARANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; HEPACIVIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84935923888     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/527030     Document Type: Article

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