Analysis of IL28B Variants in an Egyptian Population Defines the 20 Kilobases Minimal Region Involved in Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus

• Vincent Pedergnana,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U980, Paris, France, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

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• Mohamed Abdel-Hamid,

  Affiliations Viral Hepatitis Research Laboratory, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt, Department of Microbiology, Minia Faculty of Medicine, Minia, Egypt

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• Julien Guergnon,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR-S 945, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP, Paris, France

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• Amira Mohsen,

  Affiliation Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Lénaïg Le Fouler,

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Paris, France

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• Ioannis Theodorou,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunity and Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR-S 945, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière AP-HP, Paris, France

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• Mostafa Kamal Mohamed,

  Affiliation Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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• Arnaud Fontanet,

  Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité d’Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Paris, France, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Chaire Santé et Développement, Paris, France

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• Sabine Plancoulaine,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U980, Paris, France, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

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• Laurent Abel

  * E-mail: laurent.abel@inserm.fr

  Affiliations Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U980, Paris, France, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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