1. Historical epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in selected countries
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Markus Cornberg, Mette Rye Clausen, Marc Bilodeau, Wahid Doss, E. Gower, Karolin Falconer, Pablo Lázaro, Necati Örmeci, Beat Müllhaupt, Jose Luis Calleja, S. J. Hindman, Wim Laleman, Peer Brehm Christensen, J Parkes, Matthew E. Cramp, Anne Øvrehus, Vratislav Nemecek, Ulus Salih Akarca, Javier García-Samaniego, Sabahattin Kaymakoglu, Christophe Hézode, Jan Sperl, N. Reis, Heiner Wedemeyer, M. C. Mendes Correa, D. Vandijck, Morris Sherman, William Rosenberg, Henrique Sérgio Moraes Coelho, Alexander J. Thompson, Rudolf E. Stauber, Peter Stärkel, Maria Buti, M Guimarães Pessôa, William Sievert, Petr Husa, Wolfgang Vogel, Manal H El-Sayed, Robert P. Myers, Gamal Esmat, İsmail Balik, Fernando L. Gonçales, Francesco Negro, Petr Urbánek, Johannes Wiegand, Martin Kåberg, Christophe Moreno, Kevork M. Peltekian, Ramazan Idilman, S. Mauss, Soo Aleman, José Giria, Chris Estes, Gül Ergör, Ann-Sofi Duberg, Stuart K. Roberts, Nina Weis, Daniel Lavanchy, Kelly Kaita, Michael Gschwantler, Stephen D. Ryder, Hugo Cheinquer, Imam Waked, Ayman Yosry, Antonio Javier Blasco, Jan Gerstoft, Filipe Calinas, Paul Marotta, J. Félix, Henrik Krarup, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz, Homie Razavi, Gamal Shiha, Rui Tato Marinho, Christoph Sarrazin, Rui Sarmento-Castro, P. Van Damme, Mel Krajden, Achim Kautz, Harald Hofer, Florian Bihl, Gregory J. Dore, Thomas Berg, Amany Zekry, C. E. Brandão Mello, Alnoor Ramji, I. van Thiel, Paulo R. Ferreira, David Semela, Philip Bruggmann, S. Frankova, H. Van Vlierberghe, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Arud Ctr Addict Med, Univ Leipzig, Odense Univ Hosp, Univ Libre Brussels, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Hop Henri Mondor, Hosp Santa Maria, Univ Toronto, Nottingham Univ Hosp NHS Trust, Biomed Res Unit, Inst Clin & Expt Med, Ege Univ, Ankara Univ, Osped Cantonale, Univ Montreal, Adv Tech Hlth Serv Res TAISS, Hosp Valle de Hebron, Hosp Santo Antonio Capuchos, Hosp Puerta Hierro, Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Region Hosp Hovedstaden, Hannover Med Sch, German Liver Fdn, Univ Plymouth, Univ New S Wales, Cairo Univ, Orebro Univ Hosp, Univ Orebro, Ain Shams Univ, Dokuz Eylul Univ, Ctr Dis Anal CDA, Karolinska Inst, Exigo Consultores, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Hosp Carlos III, Univ Copenhagen, Direccao Geral Saude, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Wilhelminenspital Stadt Wien, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Med Univ Vienna, Masaryk Univ, Univ Manitoba, Hlth Sci Ctr, European Liver Patients Assoc, Istanbul Univ, Univ British Columbia, Aalborg Univ Hosp, Katholieke Univ Leuven, Univ Western Ontario, Univ Dusseldorf, Univ Zurich Hosp, Univ Calgary, Univ Hosp, Natl Inst Publ Hlth, Univ Southhampton, Dalhousie Univ, Capital Dist Hlth Author, Assembleia Republ, Alfred Hosp, Monash Univ, UCL, Ctr Hosp Porto, JW Goethe Univ Hosp, Cantonal Hosp St Gallen, Egyptian Liver Res Inst & Hosp ELRIAH, Monash Hlth, Catholic Univ Louvain, Med Univ Graz, St Vincents Hosp, Univ Melbourne, Charles Univ Prague, Cent Mil Hosp, Deutsch Leberhilfe eV, Ghent Univ Hosp, Univ Ghent, Hasselt Univ, Med Univ Innsbruck, Natl Liver Inst, Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Univ Antwerp, Karolinska Univ Hosp, Bihl, Florian, Negro, Francesco, and Semela, David
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medicine.medical_specialty ,diagnosis ,prevalence ,Prevalence ,ddc:616.07 ,disease burden ,03 medical and health sciences ,Liver disease ,0302 clinical medicine ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Virology ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Disease burden ,Hepatitis ,ddc:616 ,Hepatology ,treatment ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,virus diseases ,Hepatitis C ,medicine.disease ,mortality ,3. Good health ,Infectious Diseases ,Immunology ,HCV ,incidence ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,epidemiology ,Human medicine ,hepatitis C ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Gilead Sciences Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading indicator for liver disease. New treatment options are becoming available, and there is a need to characterize the epidemiology and disease burden of HCV. Data for prevalence, viremia, genotype, diagnosis and treatment were obtained through literature searches and expert consensus for 16 countries. for some countries, data from centralized registries were used to estimate diagnosis and treatment rates. Data for the number of liver transplants and the proportion attributable to HCV were obtained from centralized databases. Viremic prevalence estimates varied widely between countries, ranging from 0.3% in Austria, England and Germany to 8.5% in Egypt. the largest viremic populations were in Egypt, with 6358000 cases in 2008 and Brazil with 2106000 cases in 2007. the age distribution of cases differed between countries. in most countries, prevalence rates were higher among males, reflecting higher rates of injection drug use. Diagnosis, treatment and transplant levels also differed considerably between countries. Reliable estimates characterizing HCV-infected populations are critical for addressing HCV-related morbidity and mortality. There is a need to quantify the burden of chronic HCV infection at the national level. 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Liver Inst, Menoufia, Egypt Copenhagen Univ Hosp, Hvidovre, Denmark Univ New S Wales, St George Hosp Clin Sch Med, Sydney, NSW, Australia Univ New S Wales, Sch Med Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia Univ Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Univ Hosp, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol Infect Dis, Stockholm, Sweden Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Div Gastroenterol, São Paulo, Brazil Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Div Infect Dis, São Paulo, Brazil Web of Science
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