Hepatitis C.
Until recently the diagnosis of non-A, non-B hepatitis was made by excluding other detectable viral infections of the liver. Progress in molecular biology made it possible to develop assays which can trace antibodies against the hepatitis C virus. This virus plays a major role in the pathogenesis of transfusion-related and sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis and possibly of other liver diseases. Although the genome of a few isolates of the hepatitis C virus has already been decoded, the viral particles have not yet been visualized.
Willems
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Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Moshage
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Fevery
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Yap
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D016679:Genome, Viral; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies