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Death Rate Is Unexpectedly High Among HCV Patients Of Trent, U.K.

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 14th, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - An epidemiological study of a select population in the United Kingdom shows patient deaths relating to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are more frequent than expected.

Medical investigators say in the May 2001 publication of Gut that HCV infections have become a health dilemma in the Trent region of the U.K., based on an analysis of data collected from the Trent HCV Study Group.

More than 2,500 HCV-positive residents of the Trent region were initially examined for inclusion in the prospective, multicenter study. After excluding patients with hemophilia, human immunodeficiency virus, and chronic...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2001-05-14)

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