Hepatitis C in Developing Countries: Current and Future Challenges explores the current state of HCV in several countries, including Africa, Asia and South America. It maintains a dedicated focus on the epidemiology, clinical patterns, virologic diversity, coinfections, natural history and progression, complications, and response to standard of care (SOC) pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy of HCV with recommendations specific to middle and low income countries. Readers will find detailed information on the burden of HCV infection from a global health and economic perspective, along with data from multicenter trials on DAAs that have enrolled patients infected with HCV non-genotype 1.
| ISBN: | 9780128032336 |
| Publication date: | 23rd November 2017 |
| Author: | Sanaa M. (Professor of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Eg Kamal |
| Publisher: | Academic Press Inc an imprint of Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Genres: |
Epidemiology and Medical statistics Hepatology Medical microbiology and virology |