Epidemiology (HCV)

Hepatitis C Infection Not a Death Sentence

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 7th, 1998

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common blood-borne infection in the U.S., and a serious disease which can lead to liver cirrhosis. But most of those with the virus can expect to survive their infection, said a National Institutes of Health researcher.

"I would guess that 80 percent of those infected are going to outlive their disease," a Houston Chronicle article quoted Dr. Leonard B. Seef, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as saying (Mike Snyder, "Most Who Get Hepatitis C May Outlive It, Study Finds," Houston Chronicle, July 20, 1998).

Dr. Seef spoke at a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-sponsored Hepatitis C...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1998-09-07)

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