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Hepatitis C Virus

New hepatitis C virus study findings recently were published by B.J. McMahon and co-researchers

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 5th, 2010

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Adverse outcomes in alaska natives who recovered from or have chronic hepatitis C infection.' According to a study from the United States, "The factors associated with adverse outcome from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are incompletely understood. To determine the incidence and risk factors associated with the development of end-stage liver disease (ESLD) and liver-related death (LRD), we conducted a retrospective/prospective population-based study in a cohort of Alaska Native persons chronically infected with HCV from 1994 to 2005."

"We followed 960 persons prospectively for an average of 7.2 years and retrospectively...

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