Elimination and Control of Viral Hepatitis B and C Infections Possible With Greater Attention to High Risk Groups

Iranian journal of clinical infectious diseases

¹ 

关键词: Hepatitis C;    Epidemiology;    Risk Factor;   

DOI  :  10.5812/archcid.65953

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shaheed Beheshti Medical University of Medical Sciences * Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center

【 摘 要 】

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are the main causes of chronic live diseases and mortality related to viral infections around world (1). Today, with new and effective drugs for the treatment of HCV infection, elimination is possible and the main barrier for this goal is identifying infected subjects. Due to the lack of symptoms until advanced stages, most infected patients are undiagnosed (2). Blood and blood products transfusion before the time of screening for HCV (in Iran before 1996) (3), and intravenous drug abuse (4-6) are the main risk factors for HCV infection in Iran and other parts of the world. It is necessary for health policy makers to design effective screening programs to identify HCV-infected subjects through review of the main risk factors, yet they should not forget the neglected risk factors. Hemophilia, thalassemia, and patients on hemodialysis are in greater contact with HCV infection and the highest prevalence of HCV has been reported in patients with hemophilia. Screening and therapy of all HCV-infected cases in these groups is possible and elimination is currently achievable.

【 授权许可】

CC BY