Chronic HCV Infection: Clinical Advances and Eradication Perspectives

• Kolejni autorzy: Liberto, Maria Carla (Redaktor), Marascio, Nadia (Redaktor)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Medicine; Epidemiology & medical statistics; HCV; rheumatic; interferon; mortality; hepatitis C virus (HCV); phylogeny; resistance-associated substitution (RAS); chronic hepatitis C; vibration controlled transient elastography; fibrosis; steatosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatitis C; genotype 3; liver cirrhosis; pangenotypic; children; ledipasvir/sofosbuvir; real-life; sustained virological response; elimination; model; COVID-19; PWID; homeless persons; HCV eradication; direct-acting antivirals; out-of-hospital; retention in care; n/a
• Dostęp online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection can determine liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as several extra-hepatic manifestations (i.e., mixed cryoglobulinemia, metabolic syndrome, kidney disease, etc.). HCV infection is asymptomatic until severe stages of disease, thus...