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We investigated the time to spontaneous clearance and predictors among participants with acute HCV using Cox proportional hazards analyses. Data for this analysis were drawn from an international collaboration of nine prospective cohorts evaluating outcomes after acute HCV infection. Among 632 participants with acute HCV, 35% were female, 82% were Caucasian, 49% had<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>interleukin-28 (IL28)B<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>CC genotype (rs12979860), 96% had injected drugs ever, 47% were infected with HCV genotype 1, and 7% had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Twenty-eight percent were HCV antibody negative\/RNA positive at the time of acute HCV detection (early acute HCV). During follow-up, spontaneous clearance occurred in 173 of 632, and at 1 year after infection, 25% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 21, 29) had cleared virus. Among those with clearance, the median time to clearance was 16.5 weeks (IQR: 10.5, 33.4), with 34%, 67%, and 83% demonstrating clearance at 3, 6, and 12 months. Adjusting for age, factors independently associated with time to spontaneous clearance included female sex (adjusted hazards ratio [AHR]: 2.16; 95% CI: 1.48, 3.18),<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>IL28B<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>CC genotype (versus CT\/TT; AHR, 2.26; 95% CI: 1.52, 3.34), and HCV genotype 1 (versus non-genotype 1; AHR: 1.56; 95% CI: 1.06, 2.30). The effect of<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>IL28B<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>genotype and HCV genotype on spontaneous clearance was greater among females, compared to males.<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions :<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:bold>Female sex, favorable<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>IL28B<\/jats:bold>\n                      <jats:bold>genotype, and HCV genotype 1 are independent predictors of spontaneous clearance. Further research is required to elucidate the observed sex-based differences in HCV control.<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/hep.26639","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,8,2]],"date-time":"2013-08-02T07:30:52Z","timestamp":1375428652000},"page":"109-120","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":345,"title":["The effects of female sex, viral genotype, and IL28B genotype on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus 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