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Hepatitis C Variability, Patterns of Resistance, and Impact on Therapy
Joint Authors
Babich, Michael
Strahotin, Cristina Simona
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-07-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Hepatitis C (HCV), a leading cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, is the most common indication for liver transplantation in the United States.
Although annual incidence of infection has declined since the 1980s, aging of the currently infected population is expected to result in an increase in HCV burden.
HCV is prone to develop resistance to antiviral drugs, and despite considerable efforts to understand the virus for effective treatments, our knowledge remains incomplete.
This paper reviews HCV resistance mechanisms, the traditional treatment with and the new standard of care for hepatitis C treatment.
Although these new treatments remain PEG-IFN-α- and ribavirin-based, they add one of the newly FDA approved direct antiviral agents, telaprevir or boceprevir.
This new “triple therapy” has resulted in greater viral cure rates, although treatment failure remains a possibility.
The future may belong to nucleoside/nucleotide analogues, non-nucleoside RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors, or cyclophilin inhibitors, and the treatment of HCV may ultimately parallel that of HIV.
However, research should focus not only on effective treatments, but also on the development of a HCV vaccine, as this may prove to be the most cost-effective method of eradicating this disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Strahotin, Cristina Simona& Babich, Michael. 2012. Hepatitis C Variability, Patterns of Resistance, and Impact on Therapy. Advances in Virology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Strahotin, Cristina Simona& Babich, Michael. Hepatitis C Variability, Patterns of Resistance, and Impact on Therapy. Advances in Virology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458835
American Medical Association (AMA)
Strahotin, Cristina Simona& Babich, Michael. Hepatitis C Variability, Patterns of Resistance, and Impact on Therapy. Advances in Virology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-458835
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-458835