Protective effect of HLA‐B57 on HCV genotype 2 infection in a West African population
- 24 April 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Medical Virology
- Vol. 79 (6) , 724-733
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.20848
Abstract
Recovery from Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is considered infrequent (P = 0.0053, OR = 8.02). In conclusion, it is hypothesized that the dominance of genotype 2 HCV strains may be an important factor explaining the high rate of recovery from HCV infections in Ghana via an efficient contribution of HLA-B*57 which is relatively frequent in the population. J. Med. Virol. 79: 724–733, 2007.Keywords
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