In march 2006, T.A., a 55-years-old Ethiopian woman, was diagnosed with HCV-correlated chronic hepatitis, genotype 1b, high viral load (quantitative HCV-RNA > 5,500,000 UI/ml) and slight serum aminotransferases increase (alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 46, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 44; normal values: 6-31 IU/ml). The gene discussed is GPT; the disease is chronic hepatitis.