The viral illness kills more people in the city than HIV, but antiviral medications may be helping cut its transmission.

Viral hepatitis types A, B, C, D and E can cause infection and subsequent liver inflammation. [iStockphoto] Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, a vital organ ...

Liver-related death for the entire cohort was 4.0% for ... of HCV-related cases projected that less than 15% of acute hepatitis C cases would develop cirrhosis in 20 years. Combining the mortality ...

Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV. In some cases, the virus causes a long lasting infection. When that happens, inflammation from the infection ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are the two most common causes of chronic liver disease in North America. NAFLD represents a spectrum of liver lesions that ...

The only natural host of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is humans. Model organisms for laboratory studies, especially mice, ...

Liver cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. The most common ... Preventing the spread of hepatitis C: There is no vaccine for HCV, but there are treatments that can cure ...