Spontaneous Viral Load Decline and Subsequent Clearance of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in Postpartum Women Correlates With Favorable Interleukin-28B Gene Allele | Zendy

Mohamed Hashem | Zendy; Ravi Jhaveri | Zendy; Doa’a A. Saleh | Zendy; Sahar Sharaf | Zendy; Fatma ElMougy | Zendy; Lobna Abdelsalam | Zendy; Michelle Shardell | Zendy; Hesham Elghazaly | Zendy; Samer S. ElKamary | Zendy

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Spontaneous Viral Load Decline and Subsequent Clearance of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in Postpartum Women Correlates With Favorable Interleukin-28B Gene Allele

Author(s) -

Mohamed Hashem,

Ravi Jhaveri,

Doa’a A. Saleh,

Sahar Sharaf,

Fatma ElMougy,

Lobna Abdelsalam,

Michelle Shardell,

Hesham Elghazaly,

Samer S. ElKamary

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix445

Subject(s) - medicine , viremia , viral load , hepatitis c virus , odds ratio , immunology , interleukin 28b , gastroenterology , antibody , virus , ribavirin

Postpartum hepatitis C viral (HCV) load decline followed by spontaneous clearance has been previously described. Herein we identify predictors for viral decline in a cohort of HCV-infected postpartum women.

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