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Scientists at Shandong University report research in hepatitis B virus

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 3rd, 2008

According to recent research from Jinan, People's Republic of China, " To explore whether killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) gene polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to persistent hepatitis B virus ( HBV) infection or HBV clearance. Fifteen known KIR genes were determined in 150 chronic hepatitis B patients, 251 spontaneously recovered controls, and 412 healthy controls by the sequence specific primer polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR) method."

"KIR genotype frequency (gf) differences were tested for significance by two-tailed Fisher exact test or chi(2) test. Multifactorial analysis was also performed by logistic analysis (the SAS system). ...

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