title: Reply to: "Built-in bias in HCV clearance in acute HCV infection".
authors.affiliation: Unit of Biostatistics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Copetti
authors.affiliation: Unit of Biostatistics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy; Unit of Biostatistics, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pellegrini
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Piazzolla
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Hospital, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. Electronic address: a.mangia@tin.it.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D007378:Interleukins