Journal of Liver

Aakash Roy

Publications

• Commentary
  Management of Hepatitis C in the Indian Context: An Update
  Author(s): Prasanta K Bhattacharya* and Aakash Roy Prasanta K Bhattacharya* and Aakash Roy
  
  Hepatitis C, a leading cause of chronic liver disease globally, is caused by Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), a hepatotropic RNA virus. HCV infection starts with an acute infection, mostly subclinical, which ultimately leads to chronic hepatitis in about 80% of the infected cases. HCV is classified into 6 major genotypes and numerous subtypes. The global prevalence of HCV infection is about 1.6% with a majority of these infections being in adults. There is widespread heterogeneity in the prevalence of different genotypes of HCV in different geographical regions of the world. While genotype 1 is the most common worldwide, different regions of the world report variations in the prevalence of the other genotypes. Genotype 3 is the commonest genotype in India, but there is a wide variation in the distribution of the other genotypes in different parts of the country; genotype 6, a comparatively ra.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0889.1000187

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