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KIR2DL2/C1 is a Risk Factor for Chronic Infection and Associated with Non-response to PEG-IFN and RBV Combination Therapy in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Patients in China

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Acknowledgements

We thank all subjects who donated samples for this study. This work was supported by Grants from the National Major Science and Technology Project for Infectious Diseases of China (2012ZX10004503), and Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program; No. 2013CB530505).

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  1. Medical College, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China

    Song Hu, Fahu Yuan, Lingyan Feng & Binlian Sun

  2. Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China

    Fang Zheng & Feili Gong

  3. Department of Pathogen Biology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China

    Hanju Huang

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Hu, S., Yuan, F., Feng, L. et al. KIR2DL2/C1 is a Risk Factor for Chronic Infection and Associated with Non-response to PEG-IFN and RBV Combination Therapy in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1b Patients in China. Virol. Sin. 33, 369–372 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-018-0042-1

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