title: Molecular diagnosis of hepatitis C viral infection.
abstract: With the evolution of confirmatory assays for hepatitis C viral infections, bulk populations of unknown hepatitis were diagnosed as hepatitis C virus (HCV)-mediated chronic liver dysfunction throughout the world. More recently, several systems for molecular diagnosis of hepatitis C viral infections were developed. These are commonly performed for efficient antiviral therapy using interferon. Now we are at the crossroads studying hepatitis virology for the development of sensitive and powerful treatment against HCV-mediated chronic liver dysfunction. Here we introduce the current strategy for the advanced diagnosis of hepatitis C viral infection and discuss the exploration of novel hepatitis viruses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hino
mesh_terms: D018067:Flaviviridae; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans