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SUBMITTER: Alves CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5004821 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alves Camila Fernanda da Silveira CF Grott Camila Schultz CS Lunge Vagner Ricardo VR Béria Jorge Umberto JU Tietzmann Daniela Cardoso DC Stein Airton Tetelbom AT Simon Daniel D
Genetics and molecular biology 20160725 3
Approximately one-third of the individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Co-infected patients have an increased risk for developing end-stage liver diseases. Variants upstream of the IFNL3 gene have been associated with spontaneous and treatment-induced clearance of HCV infection. Recently, a novel polymorphism was discovered, denoted IFNL4 ΔG > TT (rs368234815), which seems to be a better predictor of spontaneous clearanc ...[more]