Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C
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Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a common cause of chronic liver disease but is rarely diagnosed at the stage of acute hepatitis C. HCV becomes chronic in about 85% of individuals and leads to cirrhosis in 5 to 30 percent of cases [1]. The chronic course of acute infection should be avoided to prevent the potential risk of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Overall, approximately 3% of the world’s population is thought to be infected with HCV. In the US, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study III (NHANES III) showed an anti-HCV prevalence of 1.8% corresponding to 3.9 million anti-HCV-positive patients [2]. In Germany, approximately 350,000 individuals (0.4% of the population) are HCV carriers [3].
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