Importance Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 185 million individuals worldwide.
Twenty percent of patients chronically infected with HCV progress to cirrhosis. New, simpler …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of liver disease worldwide and a potential cause of
substantial morbidity and mortality in the future. The complexity and uncertainty related to …

Web Annexes Page 1 Page | i GUIDELINES ON HEPATITIS B AND C TESTING February 2017
GUIDELINES ANNEXES Page 2 Page | ii WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing ISBN …

Background The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem and a leading
cause of chronic liver disease. 5 An estimated 180 million people are infected worldwide. 6 …

Background The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem and a leading
cause of chronic liver disease. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and …

Worldwide, hepatitis B virus (HBV) accounts for an estimated 370 million chronic infections,
hepatitis C virus (HCV) for an estimated 130 million, and HIV for an estimated 40 million. In …

Appendices published as WHO/HIV/2014.22, WHO/HIV/2014.24, WHO/HIV/2014.28,
WHO/HIV/2014.29, WHO/HIV/2014.30, WHO/HIV/2014.33, WHO/HIV/2014.34 …

Abstract The recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sampled
only the civilian, non‐institutionalized population of USA and may have underestimated the …

Background: The incidence and determinants of hepatic decompensation have been
incompletely examined among patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) in …

Aims The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL) Practice Guidelines for
Management of Hepatitis C were first established in 2004, and revised in 2013, when direct …