About the Authors
- Bouchra Kitab
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Affiliations Laboratoire des Hépatites Virales, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l′Athérosclérose, Unité Associée au CNRST -URAC 34- Université Hassan II, Faculté des Sciences Ben M′sik, Casablanca, Morocco
- Abdellah Essaid El Feydi
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Affiliation Service Médecine C, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
- Rajaa Afifi
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Affiliation Service Médecine C, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
- Christian Trepo
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Affiliation INSERM, Unité 1052, Lyon, France
- Mustapha Benazzouz
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Affiliation Service Médecine C, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
- Wafaa Essamri
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Affiliation Service Médecine C, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
- Fabien Zoulim
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Affiliation INSERM, Unité 1052, Lyon, France
- Isabelle Chemin
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Affiliation INSERM, Unité 1052, Lyon, France
- Hanane Salih Alj
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Affiliation Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Lipoprotéines et l′Athérosclérose, Unité Associée au CNRST -URAC 34- Université Hassan II, Faculté des Sciences Ben M′sik, Casablanca, Morocco
- Sayeh Ezzikouri
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Affiliation Laboratoire des Hépatites Virales, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
- Soumaya Benjelloun
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* E-mail: soumaya.benjelloun@pasteur.ma
Affiliation Laboratoire des Hépatites Virales, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interest. The study was supported by Novartis Pharma Morocco and Pasteur Institute of Morocco; there are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PloS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB BK SE. Performed the experiments: BK. Analyzed the data: BK SB SE CT IC FZ HSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB SE. Wrote the paper: BK SB SE. Enrollment of patients, sample collection and clinical database: SB BK AEEF RA MB WE.