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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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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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