A Hepatitis C Primer (Chronic Hepatitis C)

A Hepatitis C Primer
Resource for anyone wanting to learn more about the virus. Includes medical research as well as personal experiences.

HCV
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): Originally one source of non-A non-B hepatitis (~90%?), hepatitis C virus (HCV) was first definitively identified by molecular cloning of the virus genome in 1989 (Choo et al, Science 244: 359-62, 1989). ... this has hampered investigations. The HCV genome consists of a positive-sense ...

HCV Advocate
Information on the symptoms, prevention, and treatment of the virus.

Hepatitis C
Background. For a very long time, this hepatitis had no identity except as non-A, non-B hepatitis. It was a diagnosis of exclusion. In 1989, the hepatitis C virus was discovered. ... seronegative for both infections or seropositive for HBsAg or anti-HCV was 3.9%, 11.1%, and 30.8%, respectively ... to be seropositive for anti-HCV, male, and seropositive for HBsAg; to ...