Article
Hepatitis C virus infection.
Nature reviews. Disease primers - 2 Mar 2017
Manns Michael P, Buti Maria, Gane Ed, Pawlotsky Jean-Michel, Razavi Homie, Terrault Norah, Younossi Zobair
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a hepatotropic RNA virus that causes progressive liver damage, which might result in liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Globally, between 64 and 103 million people are chronically infected. Major risk factors for this blood-borne virus infection are unsafe injection drug use and unsterile medical procedures (iatrogenic infections) in countries with high HCV prevalence....
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