Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a serious health problem worldwide.
The current standard treatment of HCV infection is pegylated interferon-α plus ribavirin, but …

Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) is classified in the Hepacivirus genus in the family
Flaviviridae, it is unlike most of the other members of this family due to its propensity to …

Hepatitis C is one of the most important diseases transmitted through screened improperly
blood donation. The detection of HCV antibodies is performed by enzyme immunoassays …

Abstract The United States has both the highest incarceration rate and the largest number of
inmates in the world. Inmates are disproportionately impacted by chronic and often poorly …

Unlike types A and B, however, which are both easily diagnosed and entirely preventable,
acute hepatitis C lacks a reliable serologic tag and cannot be prevented by vaccination. The …

Hepatitis C is one of the common types of chronic liver disease, and its plausible association
with trace metal imbalance has been investigated in the present study. The blood samples of …

MATERIALS AND METHODS The Saudi Association for the Study of Liver diseases and
Transplantation (SASLT) formed a task force to evaluate the current epidemiology, trends in …

Hepatitis C virus is not cleared after primary infection in 50–85% of subjects exposed to
hepatitis C virus. Anti-viral treatment during the early phase of infection significantly …

Acute hepatitis C is often asymptomatic, frequently remains undiagnosed and frequently
evolves to chronic hepatitis. Early, short-term interferon treatment is efficacious in acute …

Objective. Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) has a high rate of chronic evolution; however,
the underlying mechanisms remain to be elucidated. We investigated natural clinical …