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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes both acute and chronic infection. Acute HCV infection is usually asymptomatic, and is only very rarely associated with life-threatening disease. About 15–45% of infected persons spontaneously clear the virus within 6 months of infection without any treatment
The remaining 55–85% of persons will develop chronic HCV infection. Of those with chronic HCV infection, the risk of cirrhosis of the liver is between 15–30% within 20 years. Globally, between 130–150 million people globally have chronic hepatitis C infection . A significant number of those who are chronically infected will develop liver cirrhosis or liver cancer
.Approximately 700 000 people die each year from hepatitis C-related liver diseases
There is currently no vaccine for hepatitis C
diagnosis: by detected antibody to HC virus (anti-HCV antibodies can be detected in 80% of patients within 15 weeks after exposure, in >90% within 5 months after the exposure
Infectious agent: HCV (hepacavirus, RNA virus)
@Occurrence: worldwide