Assessment Effects After Direct Acting Antiviral in Chronic Hepatitis c Virus Patients

Summary

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection affects an estimated one hundred and seventy million people around the world with and approximate prevalence 0.2-2 % in the United State of America and European countries.

Timeline

Start

2019-09-01

Primary completion

2020-06-01

Completion

2020-07-30

Publications

• Background Esteban JI, Sauleda S, Quer J. The changing epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Europe. J Hepatol. 2008 Jan;48(1):148-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.07.033. Epub 2007 Nov 5.
• Background Lavanchy D. The global burden of hepatitis C. Liver Int. 2009 Jan;29 Suppl 1:74-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01934.x.
• Background Darwish NM, Abbas MO, Abdelfattah FM, Darwish MA. Hepatitis C virus infection in blood donors in Egypt. J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 1992;67(3-4):223-36.
• Background Fallahian F, Najafi A. Epidemiology of hepatitis C in the Middle East. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2011 Jan;22(1):1-9.
• Background El-Serag HB, Mason AC. Rising incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States. N Engl J Med. 1999 Mar 11;340(10):745-50. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199903113401001.
• Background Davis GL, Albright JE, Cook SF, Rosenberg DM. Projecting future complications of chronic hepatitis C in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2003 Apr;9(4):331-8. doi: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50073.
• Background Verna EC, Brown RS Jr. Hepatitis C virus and liver transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2006 Nov;10(4):919-40. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2006.08.012.
• Background Khan G, Hashim MJ. Burden of virus-associated liver cancer in the Arab world, 1990-2010. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(1):265-70. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.1.265.
• Background Operskalski EA, Kovacs A. HIV/HCV co-infection: pathogenesis, clinical complications, treatment, and new therapeutic technologies. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2011 Mar;8(1):12-22. doi: 10.1007/s11904-010-0071-3.
• Background Chayama K, Hayes CN. HCV Drug Resistance Challenges in Japan: The Role of Pre-Existing Variants and Emerging Resistant Strains in Direct Acting Antiviral Therapy. Viruses. 2015 Oct 13;7(10):5328-42. doi: 10.3390/v7102876.

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