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Article: Interferon Response Rate Lower In African-Americans, Genotype A Factor.(Brief Article)
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- Virus Weekly
- Article date:
- August 14, 2001
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2001 AUG 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --
by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Interferon, minimally effective for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients infected with a certain classification of the virus, is even more ineffective for treating African-American patients with that viral type.
Scientists have classified HCV into six different groups, called genotypes, based on the differences in the genetic structure. These viral genotypes often affect the way an individual responds to therapy. According to J.L. Kinzie and coworkers at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, both African-Americans and Caucasians are usually infected with HCV ...