Lack of variant specific CD8+ T-cell response against mutant and pre-existing variants leads to outgrowth of particular clones in acute hepatitis C

Table 1 Patients characteristics

ID	Age	Gender	Treatment duration	Antiviral treatment	Possible transmission	GPT IU/ml	Genotype	HLA A,B
1	57	m	Week 38-93	Peg-interferon/ribavirin	Unknown	1181	1b	A2,A3,B7,Bw6
2	38	m	None	None	Sexual	1996	1b	A2,A26,B15,B51
3	63	m	Week5-31	Peg-interferon	Unknown	616	1b	A1,A2,B7,B8
4	46	f	Week2-28	peg-interferon	Medical	647	1b	A1,A2,B4,B51

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