Hepatitis C

NIDDKD summarizes progress and future directions for management

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 8th, 2002

Substantial advances in treatment for chronic hepatitis C and a decline in the number of new infections, were highlighted by a panel convened by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Nonetheless, a fourfold increase in people with chronic hepatitis C infection is projected over the next decade, as a result of unsuspected infection from contaminated blood and blood products, occupational exposure, and injection drug use prior to the advent of routine screening in the early 1990s. These chronic infections are now leading to significant increases in cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, and liver cancer, and are the most common causes of liver transplants.

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2002-07-08)

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