A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Asia, Australia and Egypt

W Sievert, I Altraif, HA Razavi, A Abdo… - Liver …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The hepatitis C pandemic has been systematically studied and characterized
in North America and Europe, but this important public health problem has not received …

Hepatitis C virus: Screening, diagnosis, and interpretation of laboratory assays

E Gupta, M Bajpai, A Choudhary - Asian journal of transfusion …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
An estimated 3% of the world population is infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a
hepatotropic RNA virus, transmitted primarily via the blood route. The major modes of …

The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections with today's treatment paradigm–volume 2

A Hatzakis, V Chulanov, AC Gadano… - Journal of viral …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Morbidity and mortality attributable to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are increasing
in many countries as the infected population ages. Models were developed for 15 countries …

Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in select countries–volume 2

V Saraswat, S Norris, RJ De Knegt… - Journal of viral …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a leading cause of liver related morbidity and
mortality. In many countries, there is a lack of comprehensive epidemiological data that are …

An overview about hepatitis C: a devastating virus

N Bostan, T Mahmood - Critical reviews in microbiology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Hepatitis C (HCV) is the disease that has affected around 200 million people globally. HCV
is a life threatening human pathogen, not only because of its high prevalence and worldwide …

Systematic review: Asian patients with chronic hepatitis C infection

LH Nguyen, MH Nguyen - Alimentary pharmacology & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Background Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is a risk factor for both the
development of end‐stage liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Globally …

Burden of hepatitis C virus infection in India: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

A Goel, N Seguy, R Aggarwal - Journal of gastroenterology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aim Burden of hepatitis C in India is not known. We therefore
conducted a systematic review of the available data on anti‐hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

[HTML][HTML] Current testing strategies for hepatitis C virus infection in blood donors and the way forward

N Marwaha, S Sachdev - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Screening tests for blood donations are based upon sensitivity, cost-effectiveness and their
suitability for high-throughput testing. Enzyme immunoassay (EIAs) for hepatitis C virus …

Prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections in blood donors: an Indian experience

T Chandra, A Kumar, A Gupta - Tropical doctor, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
A retrospective study was done on blood units collected from replacement and voluntary
donors from 2001 to 2007. Seropositivity of transfusion transmitted disease in replacement …

Consensus statement of HCV task force of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver (INASL). Part I: Status report of HCV infection in India

P Puri, AC Anand, VA Saraswat, SK Acharya… - Journal of clinical and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Globally, around 150 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). India
contributes a large proportion of this HCV burden. The prevalence of HCV infection in India …