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Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Update

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a worldwide public health problem where anti-HCV prevalence had an estimated 2.8% increase over the last decade, corresponding to more than 185 million infections (3% of the world's population). Treatment of chronic HCV was based on interferon-α for more than 20 years. Over the last years, the treatment of chronic hepatitis C was evolving rapidly with the development of Interferon-free regimens with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs). These regimens induce higher rates of sustained virological response (SVR) and show a favorable safety profile compared with IFN-based treatments. The objective of chronic hepatitis C treatment is to achieve SVR which is defined as the absence of viral replication at 12 or 24 weeks after treatment completion. SVR reduces morbidity and mortality and is equivalent in most cases to cure the HCV infection. When considering a patient for HCV therapy, three important pieces of information are needed to guide the treatment plan for all patients: genotype, prior treatment history, and stage of liver disease

DOI

10.21608/smj.2019.18760.1068

Keywords

Chronic hepatitis C, DAAs, treatment monitoring

Authors

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mona

Last Name

abd el rhman

MiddleName

mohammed

Affiliation

tropical medicine and gastroentrology, faculty of medicine, sohag university

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monamohamed@med.sohag.edu.eg

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sohag

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Ghada Moustafa

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Galal

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Moustafa

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Department of Tropical Medicine and Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

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g.refat@yahoo.com

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sohag

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First Name

Ramy

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Abd El Hamid

MiddleName

Mamdouh

Affiliation

tropical medicine and gastroentrology , sohag university hospital

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ramitropic@hotmail.com

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sohag

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First Name

Safaa

Last Name

Abd Allah

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Khalaf

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tropical medicine and gastroenrology, facultyof medicine, sohag university

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happyyear5000@yahoo.com

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sohag

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24

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1

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9636

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2020-01-01

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2019-10-31

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2019-12-31

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79

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85

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1687-8353

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2682-4159

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785

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Sohag Medical Journal

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https://smj.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023