Changing of HCV Clade Pattern in Iran; the Possible Means for Something Good

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: HCV genotype pattern is shifting from genotype 1 to 3a in Iran. Traveling to neighboring countries might be a cause of this shift. Young Iranian generation is infected with genotype 3a giving the idea that this genotype is new in this geographical area. Standard interferon therapy against HCV shows viral genotype specific response. The therapy exhibits greater response against genotype 3a compared to genotype 1. This changing pattern in viral genotype may help in greater SVR in Iran. Copyright © 2014, BRCGL.; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor,