Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India
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1991Author
Tandon, BN
Irshad, M
Acharya, KS
Joshi, YK
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The present study describes the status of hepatitis C virus infection in 167 patients with severe forms of liver diseases in India. The anti-HCV positivity rate was recorded as 43%, 47%, and 42% in patients with FHF, SAHF, and CAH respectively. HBV and HCV coinfection was recorded in 28% of FHF, 43% of SAHF and 75% of the CAH cases. Superinfection of HCV in HBsAg carriers was recorded in the 54% cases of FHF, 60% of SAHF and 42% of the CAH. None of these 167 patients was positive of HAV-IgM. Further, 27.7% of FHF, 26.4% of SAHF and 15.2% of CAH cases were neither HBV nor HCV markers positive. These can be labelled as non-A, non-B and non-C infections.
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KIRTDA, DRACHARYAS. 1991. Tandon BN, Irshad M, Acharya SK, Joshi YK.Hepatitis C virus infection is the major cause of severe liver disease in India.Gastroenterol Jpn. 1991 Jul;26 Suppl 3:192-5.Publisher
Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi
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