. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Hepatology. 2010 May;51(5):1514–1522. doi: 10.1002/hep.23515

Table 1.

HLA Alleles and Allele Groups with a High Prior Probability of Association with HCV Viremia ^*

a. Associations with HCV Viremia in HCV-Seropositive Individuals
Allele	HCV RNA Status	References
DQB1^*0301	Clearance	(28;51–56)
DRB1^*0101	Clearance	(14;28;57;58)
DRB1^*0301	Persistence	(14;28)
DRB1^*0401	Clearance	(14;52)
DRB1^*1101	Clearance	(51;54–56)
DRB1^*1501	Clearance	(14;59)
B^*18	Persistence	(14)
B^*27	Clearance	(14)
B^*57	Clearance	(12;13)
Cw^*01	Clearance	(12;14)
Cw^*04	Persistence	(12;15)

HLA alleles associated with HCV viremia in two or more prior studies, or strongly associated with HCV viremia in a single study (see Methods).