The changing face of hepatitis C in the new era of direct-acting antivirals

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The approval of the first protease inhibitors as treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is rapidly transforming the way patients with chronic hepatitis C are managed. Treatment regimens are moving to combinations given for shortened periods, excluding poorly tolerated subcutaneous interferon, and providing rates of cure exceeding 75%. The recognition of HCV infection as a systemic disease, not limited to producing liver damage, in which extrahepatic complications play a major role as the cause of morbidity and mortality, is prompting the treatment of a growing number of HCV-infected individuals. However, new challenges are emerging, including the need to diagnose a substantial proportion of asymptomatic carriers, the risk of potentially harmful drug-drug interactions and the high cost of medications. The future will probably see a progressive marginalization of residual HCV populations, with increasing over-representation of illegal immigrants, alcohol abusers, intravenous drug users and the mentally disabled.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:97

Enthalten in:

Antiviral research - 97(2013), 1 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 36-40

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Soriano, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Labarga, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Montero, Jose V [VerfasserIn]
Benito, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Poveda, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Rallon, Norma [VerfasserIn]
Sánchez, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Vispo, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Barreiro, Pablo [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 10.06.2013

Date Revised 20.11.2014

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.10.011

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