1The Egyptian Holding Company for Biological
Products and Vaccines (VACSERA), 51 Wizaret El-Zeraa St., Agouza, Giza
22311, Egypt,2Division of Microbiology, Department of
Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Taif College of Pharmacy,
Al-Haweiah, PO Box 888, Taif 21974,Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of
Medicine, Minia University, Minia 61511, Egypt,4Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo
University, Giza 12613, Egypt, 5Biomedical Research
Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University for Sustainable
Development, Cairo, Egypt, 6Department of Epidemiology
and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,
MD, USA, 7Centre for Genomics, University of Science
and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt,8Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology,
National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32511, Egypt
# Contributed equally to this work
*Corresponding Author :
Sayed F. Abdelwahab, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of
Medicine, Minia University, Minia 61511, Egypt and Department of
Microbiology, Taif Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Haweiah, PO Box 888, Taif
21974, KSA
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Key words: CMI, Cell-mediated immunity; HCV; Healthcare
workers; SNP; TLR3; TLR9.
Abbreviations: CMI, Cell-mediated immunity; HCV,
hepatitis C virus; HCWs, healthcare workers; TLR, toll-like receptor
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