Sorry no news is found ... Your search criteria may have been
too narrow. You can quickly re-sort the news in different ways
by clicking on the tabs at the top of this page. Hepatitis C is
an infectious disease affecting primarily the liver, caused by
the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The infection is often
asymptomatic, but chronic infection can lead to scarring of the
liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is generally apparent
after many years. In some cases, those with cirrhosis will go on
to develop liver failure, liver cancer or life-threatening
esophageal and gastric varices. HCV is spread primarily by
blood-to-blood contact associated with intravenous drug use,
poorly sterilized medical equipment and transfusions. An
estimated 130–170 million people worldwide are infected with
hepatitis C. The existence of hepatitis C (originally "non-A
non-B hepatitis") was postulated in the 1970s and proven in
1989. It is not known to cause disease in other animals. The
virus persists in the liver in about 85% of those