Open AccessCHRONIC HEPATITIS C TREATMENT IN 2015
Author(s) -
Aziz Ahmad
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of saidu medical college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1819-4583
DOI - 10.52206/jsmc.2014.4.2.482
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , medicine , chronic hepatitis , hepatitis c virus , population , hepatitis c , virology , gastroenterology , virus , environmental health
On a national level over 5% of the population isestimated to be infected with the hepatitis C virus(HCV), which corresponds to a prevalentpopulation of >70 million people with chronicinfection. For many patients who becomechronically infected, HCV causes slow,progressive damage to the liver and represents oneof the leading causes of cirrhosis andhepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).