Pathogenesis

Schistosoma Patients with HCV May Develop Earlier Liver Disease

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 21st, 1998

Schistosoma patients who have complicating hepatitis C virus infection may develop liver disease earlier than those without HCV infection.

This study was conducted by researcher A. Mohamed and colleagues to determine whether hepatitis C virus infection has a role in patients with schistosomal liver disease ("Impact of HCV Infection on Schistosomal Liver Disease," Hepatogastroenterology, September-October 1998;45(23):1492-1496).

Sixty patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and evidence of portal hypertension were seen at the Armed Forces Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over a five-year period. The impact of HCV infection on chronic schistosomal...

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