Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Is it time to get more attention!?

treatment of occult hepatitis c virus infection: does it need special attention?

Treatment of Occult Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Does It Need Special Attention?

Hepatitis monthly, as an esteemed journal, has published a very important and useful article, a meeting report, about therapeutic aspects of hepatic C virus (HCV) infection (1) in its previous issue. As you know, there is also a new form of chronic HCV infection called occult hepatitis C infection (OCI) that we would like to highlight some important points about it. OCI is defined by the detect...

CHARACTERISTICS AND PREVALENCE OF OCCULT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATITIS C IN IRAN

 ABSTRACT Background: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in patients who lack detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is called occult hepatitis B infection. Such infections have been frequently identified in patients with chronic hepatitis Cliver disease, but their prevalence is not known. Methods: 207 patients with chronic hepatitis C who were HCV -RNA and antiHCV positive were stu...

Does occult hepatitis C virus infection exist?

Occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been found in anti-HCV and serum HCV RNA-negative patients with abnormal results of liver function tests of unknown origin and in patients with spontaneous or treatment-induced recovery from hepatitis C (2–6, 9–11). In a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Halfon and coworkers questioned the existence of occult HCV infection as they...

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