Hepatitis C Virus

Chronic hepatitis C long-term outcome clarified

Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, November 16th, 2006

In a recent publication, scientists from Thailand reported on the long-term outcomes of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with sustained virological response at 6 months after the end of treatment.

D. Chavalit-Dhamrong and colleagues, Mahidol University, wrote that the study was done "to assess the clinical, biochemical, and virological outcome during long-term follow-up of chronic hepatitis C patients with sustained virological response following effective antiviral therapy."

"This study was a retrospective cohort study including 171 sustained responders defined as HCV RNA PCR negative at 6 mo after the end of effective antiviral treatment...

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Source: Genetics and Environmental Business Week (2006-11-16)

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