text: acute HCV infection. Those with a homozygous C/C
  mutation at the rs12979860 SNP (hereafter IL28B-860)
  are much more likely to achieve clearance (Ge et al.
  2009; Thomas et al. 2009; Tillmann et al. 2010). Simi-
  larly, those with a T/T genotype at the rs8099917 SNP
  