Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a major pathogen given its extremely high prevalence (around 350 millions of chronically infected individuals worldwide), the high rate of chronic infection and the significant risk of severe chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis among chronically infected subjects. HCV inf...
as it doesn't always cause symptoms. It spreads when you come into contact with the blood of a person who is infected. You may develop chronic hepatitis C, which may lead to complications, such as cirrhosis of the liver and liver failure. But with DAA medicines, about 95% of people can...
Background and aims Complications of liver cirrhosis (LC) are the main cause of hospital admissions in liver units. In areas where hepatitis C virus (HCV) is highly prevalent, most of these admissions are attributable to HCV-LC. We aimed to assess the impact of direct-acting antivirals (...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, globally. Most individuals infected with HCV are asymptomatic. The introduction of the newer direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies has led to achievement of treatment success rates of more than 90%. ...
Symptoms of advanced cirrhosis may include a bloated belly from fluid accumulation (ascites),fluid accumulation in the lower extremities (edema),bleeding from blood vessels in the esophagus or stomach (varices) and cognitive impairment (hepatic encephalopathy). ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) [1] estimates that about 50 million people globally have chronic hepatitis C, with approximately 242,000 dying from this infection, primarily due to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (sixth most commonly diagnosed malignancy and third leading cause of cancer ...
If you have the hepatitis C virus in your blood for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, you have “acute” hep C. After 6 months, it’s called “chronic.”
It has been suggested that the presence of cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection may be predicted based on an AST/ALT ratio > or = 1. This study was designed to determine if the presence of cirrhosis can be predicted in patients with chronic HCV infection by such ...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is 10–15 times more prevalent among persons in prisons in Spain compared with the general population1. If untreated, HCV can lead to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and death. Injection drug use is the most common mode of HCV transmission in Spain, and ...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is one of the major prevalent pathogen of chronic liver diseases, including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Recently, it is estimated that approximately 80 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HCV1. HCV is an envelope virus with a positive-sen...