Biomarker staging of liver fibrosis in hepatitis C was cost effective, but so was initiating treatment without testing.

Jaipur: Limited viral load testing capabilities are causing delays in treating hepatitis patients. The health department struggles to conduct viral load tests for about 45% of diagnosed hepatitis C ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are important global ... as well as for selection of treatment options is important, although information concerning many aspects ...

The infection can be short-lived and clear on its own without treatment. Most people with an acute hepatitis B or C infection do not have symptoms. Moreover, many HBV and HCV infections will clear ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which has been recognised as a cause of some autoimmune diseases, and which has been described as sometimes presenting with rheumatic manifestations ...

When news broke in 2014 that hepatitis C, a viral disease affecting the liver ... disease have longer survival and better quality of life thanks to newer drug therapies. There is no specific treatment ...

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Though it is most often caused by one of five different viruses (hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E), there are also nonviral causes ...

She was fortunate to take the treatment that essentially cures humans of hepatitis C before the virus could wreak significant havoc on her body. “The doctor at the virology clinic was pretty ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant health concern for children born to mothers with HCV. Testing rates for HCV among children perinatally exposed to the virus remain suboptimal. Researchers ...

Hepatitis GB virus-C (HGBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection was investigated in 106 children ... Risk factors were identified in three patients, including blood transfusion and/or medical ...

Key limitations are the limited empirical data on PWID health utilities, treatment rates and intervention impact. In developed countries, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread primarily through ...