Less than 15% of patients with HCV infection have a spontaneous cure. Normalization of serum aminotransferases and disappearance of anti-HCV antibodies do not indicate clearance of the infection. In a ...

Hepatitis C is a viral infection that affects your liver. You may not have symptoms. Hepatitis C is a viral infection caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that affects the liver. It can be acute or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 42% of exposed infants received appropriate testing for hepatitis C virus. The CDC now recommends RNA ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first hepatitis C virus (HCV) self-test which can provide a critical support in expanding access to testing and diagnosis, accelerating global ...

There are persistent gaps in testing-to-treatment linkage and the need for broader access and care coordination among patients with HCV. Only approximately one-third of US adults diagnosed with ...

Hepatitis C is widely known by name, but far less understood in reality. It's a condition that can exist quietly in the body for years, causing little to no outward sign that anything is wrong, which ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My brother was diagnosed with hepatitis C two years ago. Our family hopes to destigmatize the condition and encourage others to get tested. What causes hepatitis C? How can it be ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and opening a promising new approach to ...

Most people infected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cured with antiviral therapy, but access to the treatment remains limited. Even diagnosis of hepatitis C, a disease that causes chronic ...

Between 1995 and 2023, diagnoses of hepatitis C infection increased among HIV-positive men who have sex with men with no history of injection drug use, particularly during the era of highly active ...