About the Authors
- Vijayaprakash Suppiah
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Affiliations Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Silvana Gaudieri
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
- Nicola J. Armstrong
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Affiliations Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute for Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Kate S. O'Connor
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Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Thomas Berg
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Affiliations Medizinische Klinik m.S. Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Department of Hepatology, Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Martin Weltman
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- Maria Lorena Abate
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Affiliation Liver Physiopathology Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Ulrich Spengler
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Margaret Bassendine
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Affiliation Liver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Gregory J. Dore
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Affiliations National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- William L. Irving
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Affiliation NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Gastroenterology and the Liver, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Elizabeth Powell
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Affiliations Princess Alexandra Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Woolloongabba, The University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
- Margaret Hellard
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Affiliation Burnet Institute, Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Stephen Riordan
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Affiliation Gastrointestinal and Liver Unit, Prince of Wales Hospital and University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Gail Matthews
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Affiliations National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
- David Sheridan
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Affiliation Liver Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Jacob Nattermann
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Antonina Smedile
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Affiliation Liver Physiopathology Lab, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Tobias Müller
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Affiliations Medizinische Klinik m.S. Hepatologie und Gastroenterologie, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, Department of Hepatology, Clinic for Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, University Clinic Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Emma Hammond
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
- David Dunn
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
- Francesco Negro
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Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals Geneva, Switzerland
- Pierre-Yves Bochud
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Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Clinical Pathology, University Hospitals Geneva, Switzerland
- Simon Mallal
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
- Golo Ahlenstiel
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Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Graeme J. Stewart
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Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Jacob George
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Affiliation Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- David R. Booth
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* E-mail: david_booth@wmi.usyd.edu.au
Affiliation Institute for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- for the International Hepatitis C Genetics Consortium (IHCGC)
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¶Contributing members of the International Hepatitis C Genetics Consortium (IHCGC) are listed in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VS GS JG DB. Performed the experiments: VS SG EH DD DB. Analyzed the data: VS NA GA GS JG DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS SG NA KO TB MW MA US MB GD WI EP MH SR GM DS JN AS TM EH DD FN PB SM GA GS JG DB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: VS SG NA KO TB MW MA US MB GD WI EP MH SR GM DS JN AS TM EH DD FN PB SM GA GS JG DB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: VS SG NA KO TB MW MA US MB GD WI EP MH SR GM DS JN AS TM EH DD FN PB SM GA GS JG DB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: VS SG NA KO TB MW MA US MB GD WI EP MH SR GM DS JN AS TM EH DD FN PB SM GA GS JG DB. Enrolled patients: US TB MW MA US MB GD WI EP MH SR GM DS JN AS TM GA JG. Statistical authors: NA VS DB. Obtained funding: JG GS DB.