HCV RNA levels in a multiethnic cohort of injection drug users: human genetic, viral and demographic associations.

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Published in Hepatology on June 01, 2012

Authors

Lorenzo Uccellini1, Fan-Chen Tseng, Alessandro Monaco, Fatma M Shebl, Ruth Pfeiffer, Myhanh Dotrang, Dianna Buckett, Michael P Busch, Ena Wang, Brian R Edlin, Francesco M Marincola, Thomas R O'Brien

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Disease and Immunogenetics Section, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Center and Trans-NIH Center for Human Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Genetic Susceptibility to Oncogenic Viruses | NCT00341484

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