HIV/AIDS
Reports from N.I. Rallon et al Highlight Recent Research in HIV/AIDS
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 8th, 2011
2011 AUG 8 -- "A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) upstream of the IL28B gene (rs12979860) predicts sustained virological response (SVR) to peginterferon-ribavirin therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients. There is scarce information regarding the influence of this IL28B SNP on early viral kinetics during therapy, particularly in patients coinfected with HIV, in whom treatment response is lower than in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-monoinfected patients," scientists writing in the journal AIDS report.
"We selected 196 HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals who had completed a course of peginterferon-ribavirin therapy, and a validated outcome for SVR. Association...
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