Clinical Microbiology: Open Access

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Publications

• Review Article   
  Submerged People with Chronic HCV Infection: An Important Global Health Problem in the Era of Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents
  Author(s): Cristina Stasi*, Caterina Silvestri and Fabio Voller
  
  Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 71 million people have chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. A significant number of these will develop cirrhosis or liver cancer. Currently, new direct-acting antiviral agents can cure more than 90% of HCV-infected patients. The new WHO strategy has introduced global goals-against viral hepatitis, including a reduction of 30% of new cases of HCV and a 10% reduction in mortality by 2020. However, a considerable number of people in the developing world have very limited access to diagnoses and treatment. The HCV transmission has considerably changed, reflecting both the evolution of medicine and the health and social changes. The HCV is usually spread through blood-to-blood contact. After the discovery of HCV in 1989, antibody screening has drastically decreased the incidence of post-transfus.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2327-5073.24.13.402

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