Hepatitis C
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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[1] and is most often known for its associations with liver damage.[2]
Hepatitis C incidence has been shown to be increased in chronic fatigue syndrome patients.[citation needed]
Prevalence[edit | edit source]
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.[2] In 2013, hepatitis C was the cause of around 358,000 deaths due to cirrhosis and 343,000 deaths due to liver cancer.[3]
Transmission[edit | edit source]
Signs and symptoms[edit | edit source]
Diagnosis[edit | edit source]
Hepatitis C in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome[edit | edit source]
Notable studies[edit | edit source]
Potential treatments[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Factsheet - World Health Organization
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Siu, Gavin Ka Yu; Zhou, Fan; Yu, Mei Kuen; Zhang, Leiliang; Wang, Tuanlao; Liang, Yongheng; Chen, Yangchao; Chan, Hsiao Chang; Yu, Sidney (2016), "Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein cooperates with phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase IIIα to induce mitochondrial fragmentation", Scientific Reports 6, doi:10.1038/srep23464
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hepatitis C Fact sheet N°164", WHO, July 2015, retrieved February 4, 2016
- ↑ GBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death, Collaborators (December 17, 2014), "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.", Lancet, 385 (9963): 117–71, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2, PMC 4340604, PMID 25530442
