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Autoantibodies Present in Chronic Hepatitis C and Chronic Hepatitis B Viral Infections

table  1.   Incidence of Antibodies to Defined Peptides Among HCV and HBV Patients

Peptide (kd) HCV Patients (%) (n = 24) HBV Patients (%) (n = 24) Controls (%) (n = 40)

p105 13 (54%) 14 (58%) 0
p70 7 (29) 10 (42) 0
p86 15 (63%) 11 (46%) 1 (3%)
p80 11 (46) 8 (33) 0
p66 7 (29) 5 (21) 0
p68 6 (25%) 3 (13%) 0
p33 1 (4) 1 (4) 0
p22 5 (21) 2 (8) 0
p60 20 (83%) 15 (63%) 9 (23%)
p54 4 (17) 6 (25%) 0
p52 5 (21) 6 (25) 0
p50 7 (29%) 7 (29%) 0
p43 7 (29) 4 (17) 0
p38 2 (8%) 0 0
p19 5 (21) 4 (17%) 0
p17 0 0 0
p26 9 (38%) 14 (58%) 0
p25 6 (25) 4 (17) 0
p18 2 (8) 2 (8) 0
p16 3 (13) 9 (38) 0

Abbreviations: HCV, hepatitis C virus; HBV, hepatitis
B virus.