Learning from a rare phenomenon — spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus post-liver transplant: A case report

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World J Hepatol. Feb 27, 2022; 14(2): 456-463
Published online Feb 27, 2022. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v14.i2.456

Table 2 Factors associated with spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance

Host factors	Viral factors	Other factors
Younger age	Low viral load (< 1 million IU/mL)	Infection (CMV, HBV, HIV, sepsis)
Female sex		Rejection episode
HLA: DQB103, DQB103:01, DQB111 and DRB111:01		Medication related HAART; Withdrawal of immunosuppression
IL28 gene polymorphism		Surgery (transplant, gastrectomy)
Pregnancy

HBV: Hepatitis B virus; CMV: Cytomegalovirus; HAART: High activity anti-retroviral therapy; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.

Citation: Singh N, Ma M, Montano-Loza AJ, Bhanji RA. Learning from a rare phenomenon — spontaneous clearance of chronic hepatitis C virus post-liver transplant: A case report. World J Hepatol 2022; 14(2): 456-463
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v14/i2/456.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v14.i2.456