HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION AND LIVER-DISEASE

Authors
BONINO F OLIVERI F COLOMBATTO P CALVO PL BRUNETTO MR
Citation
F. Bonino et al., HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION AND LIVER-DISEASE, Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica, 58(1), 1995, pp. 60-67
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015644
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
60 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5644(1995)58:1<60:HVAL>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is a RNA virus that lacks the retroviral prope rties of surviving in infected hosts by integration into cellular DNA, nevertheless it is capable to cause chronic infection and disease in a considerable number of infected individuals (30-70% of cases). This results in a worldwide prevalence of chronic HCV carriers similar to t hose of hepatitis B virus carriers. We review and discuss here some of the peculiar aspects of chronic HCV infection and associated disease.