Distinct features in natural history and outcomes of acute hepatitis C.

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"This material is based upon work supported in part by the Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs with VA Merit Review IOBX000649 and with the resources and the use of facilities at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. This study was also supported by NIH Grants R01-AI-47519 and R01-AA-12849; the Philadelphia VA Medical Research; NIH/NIDDK Center of Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases P30DK50306 and its Molecular Biology and Cell Culture Core Facilities; the NIH Public Health Service Research Grant M01-RR00040. D.E.K. was supported by the NIH T32 DK 07066, NIH Loan Repayment Program, AASLD/Schering Advanced Hepatology Fellowship, NIH K12-RR-017625, and the VA Career Development Award and the VA Stars and Stripes Award."