2003
DOI: 10.1007/bf02893380
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Viral hepatitis: New data on hepatitis C infection

Abstract: Viral hepatitis (VH) is almost as old as human beings, at least as old as known human history. However, the natural history and the epidemiology of the disease has undergone changes during the centuries and even recently we have been facing several new aspects. The estimated global prevalence is around 3-5%, which means that approximately 400 million patients are infected with hepatitis B virus and that there are 170 million infections with hepatitis C virus. The mortality figures are projected to show a 2- to… Show more

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“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection -the "silent epidemic" -affects between 200 and 400 hundred thousand people (0.5-1% of the population) in England, and 170 million worldwide (Szabo et al, 2003). Combination therapy with pegylated interferon-alpha (IFN-α) and the antiviral agent ribavirin is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic HCV infection and given for 24-48 weeks, clears the virus in 42-80% of cases (Agarwal et al, 2007).…”
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“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection -the "silent epidemic" -affects between 200 and 400 hundred thousand people (0.5-1% of the population) in England, and 170 million worldwide (Szabo et al, 2003). Combination therapy with pegylated interferon-alpha (IFN-α) and the antiviral agent ribavirin is the treatment of choice for patients with chronic HCV infection and given for 24-48 weeks, clears the virus in 42-80% of cases (Agarwal et al, 2007).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A molekuláris virológia gyors fejlődése, a polimeráz láncreakció (PCR) bevezetése lehetővé tette a HCV genomszerkezetének, a strukturális és nem strukturális gének és az általuk kódolt fehérjék szerepének a felfedé-sét [6]. Ugyancsak ismertté vált, hogy a kicsiny (50-80 μm átmérőjű), egyszálú RNS-genomot tartalmazó HCV a citoplazmában szaporodik, membránokhoz kötött mó-don (1. ábra).…”
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“…Ez több sejtfelszíni receptor közreműködésével valósul meg, amelyek a tight junction fehérjék (claudin-1, occludin), a scavenger receptor B1 (SRB1) és a CD81 [6,8]. A további lépések során egy 10 domént tartalmazó poliprotein termelődik a virá-lis RNS-templátról az endoplazmatikus reticulumban (≈3000 aminosav), amelyek közül 3 strukturálisfehérje-(C, E1, E2) és 7 enzimsajátosságokkal bíró nem strukturális fehérje (p7, NS2, NS3, NS4A, NS4B, NS5A, NS5B).…”
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