Results There are major steps that should be taken to eradicate HCV, including (1) the
development of screening strategies, particularly for groups such as intravenous drug users …

Iron overload causes iron deposition and accumulation in the liver, heart, skin, and other
tissues resulting in serious tissue damages. Significant blood clearance from iron and ferritin …

Background and Aims β-thalassemia major patients are susceptible to Hepatitis C Virus
(HCV) infection owing to life-long dependency for blood-transfusion. Moreover, this patient …

Objectives: There is limited data on the efficacy and safety of directly acting antiviral therapy
(DAA) for chronic hepatitis C in pediatric population. The aim was to assess the efficacy and …

Background Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is the major cause of liver failure in thalassemic
patients. In these patients, iron overload and their comorbidities make difficulties during …

Background: Most thalassemic patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection do not
respond to therapy with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) due to hepatic …

Context: Patients with thalassaemia are at risk of infections such as hepatitis C virus (HCV)
due to their repeated blood transfusions; meanwhile, the treatment of thalassaemia patients …

The estimated prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in India is between 0.5 and
1.5% with hotspots showing much higher prevalence in some areas of northeast India, in …

Various variables that might influence the rapid and sustained virological response to
recombinant PEG-IFN-α-2a were explored in Iraqi HCV-infected patients with …

Infection with HCV is a public health problem and is a leading cause of cirrhosis and liver
cancer. 1 HCV infection has been reported in 4.4% to 85.4% of subjects with thalassaemia …