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'''Hepatitis C''' ('''HCV''' or '''Hep C''') is a disease caused by an [[RNA]] [[virus]] that affects approximately 170 million people worldwide<ref name="Siu2016">{{citation | last1 = Siu | first1 = Gavin Ka Yu | authorlink1 = | last2 = Zhou | first2 = Fan | authorlink2 = | last3 = Yu | first3 = Mei Kuen | authorlink3 = | last4 = Zhang | first4 = Leiliang | author-link4 = | last5 = Wang | first5 = Tuanlao| authorlink5 = | last6 = Liang | first6 = Yongheng | author-link6 = | last7 = Chen | first7 = Yangchao| authorlink7 = | last8 = Chan | first8 = Hsiao Chang | authorlink8 = | last9 =Yu | first9 = Sidney | author-link9 = | title = Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein cooperates with phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα to induce mitochondrial fragmentation | journal = Scientific Reports 6 | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1038/srep23464 | url = http://www.nature.com/articles/srep23464 }}</ref> and is most often known for its associations with liver damage.<ref name="WHO2015">{{citation | title=Hepatitis C Fact sheet N°164 | url = http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs164/en/|website=WHO|access-date=4 February 2016 | date = July 2015}}</ref> Hepatitis C incidence has been shown to be increased in [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] patients.{{citation needed | date = Jul 2020}} ==Prevalence== It is estimated that between 130-200 million people worldwide have a hepatitis C infection, occurring most commonly in Africa and Central and East Asia.<ref name="WHO2015" /> In 2013, hepatitis C was the cause of around 358,000 deaths due to cirrhosis and 343,000 deaths due to liver cancer.<ref name="GBD204">{{citation | last1 = GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death | first1 = Collaborators | title = Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.|journal=Lancet | date = 17 December 2014|pmid=25530442|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2|volume=385|issue=9963|pages=117–71|pmc=4340604}}</ref> ==Transmission== ==Signs and symptoms== ==Diagnosis== ==Hepatitis C in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome== ==Notable studies== ==Potential treatments== == See also == == Learn more == *[http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs164/en/ Factsheet] - World Health Organization == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Triggers and risk factors]] [[Category:Virology]] [[Category:Disease]] [[Category:Diagnoses]] [[Category:Potential comorbidities]] [[Category:Infectious diseases]] [[Category:Viral diseases]]
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