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Hepatitis C Virus

Scientists at University of Delhi target hepatitis C virus

Published in Hospital Business Week, April 13th, 2008

According to a study from New Delhi, India, "In chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with genotype 3, therapy with pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) alfa-2b in a dose of 1.5 mu g/kg/week and ribavirin (800-1000 mg/day) is recommended for 24 weeks. Reduced doses of peg-IFN may increase compliance and decrease cost and adverse events."

"This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of two different regimens of peg-IFN alfa-2b, in combination with ribavirin, in genotype 3 patients. A total of 103 liver biopsy-proven chronic HCV patients with genotype 3, having alanine aminotransferase levels > 1.2 x ULN and positive HCV-RNA were randomized into two groups: group...

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