@article{
author = "Jovanović-Ćupić, Snežana P. and Glišić, Sanja and Stanojevic, Maja and Nozic, Darko and Petrović, Nina and Mandušić, Vesna and Krajnović, Milena M.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "The goal of this study was to identify host and viral factors affecting the response to pegylated interferon/ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b. Baseline characteristics of the patients and sequences within the p7 region were analyzed in pre-treatment serum samples from 53 individuals with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b and related to the outcome of therapy. We found a significant correlation between age and response to therapy (p LT 0.001). Furthermore, the pre-treatment viral load was closely associated with the stage of liver fibrosis (p LT 0.001). The presence of fewer than 4 mutations and age above 40 were significantly associated with non-response (NR) (p LT 0.001). Our findings may be useful for estimating the likelihood of achieving a sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients who are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 1b.",
publisher = "Springer",
journal = "Archives of Virology",
title = "The influence of host factors and sequence variability of the p7 region on the response to pegylated interferon/ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1b in patients from Serbia",
volume = "161",
number = "5",
pages = "1189-1198",
doi = "10.1007/s00705-016-2777-z"
}