Open AccessRetrospective Evaluation of Hepatitis C Awareness in Turkey Through Two Decades
Author(s) -
Hatice Balaban,
Osman Dağ,
Alpaslan Alp,
Nomingerel Tseveldorj,
Cavanşir Vahabov,
Mehmet Akif Göktaş,
Tuğrul Pürnak,
Gülşen Hasçelik,
Hülya Demır,
Bülent Sıvrı,
Halis Şimşek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the turkish journal of gastroenterology/the turkish journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2148-5607
pISSN - 1300-4948
DOI - 10.5152/tjg.2020.19949
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , false positive paradox , genotyping , genotype , hepatitis c , rna , virology , referral , flaviviridae , gastroenterology , immunology , virus , gene , family medicine , biology , biochemistry , machine learning , computer science
Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is the only viral infection that can be treated with oral antiviral agents. However, CHC awareness is a major barrier to the World Health Organization's target of eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030. Here, CHC awareness trends were analyzed in Hacettepe University Hospital, Turkey, between January 2000 and December 2017.