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Curing Chronic Hepatitis C - The Arc of a Medical Triumph
Chung RT1, Baumert TF. N Engl J Med. 2014 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]
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1From the Liver Center, Gastrointestinal Division, and the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School - both in Boston (R.T.C., T.F.B.); and INSERM Unité 1110, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques, Université de Strasbourg; and Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire, Pôle Hépato-digestif, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg - all in Strasbourg, France (T.F.B.).
Abstract
Chronic hepatitis C is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. Some 130 million to 170 million people, or about 3% of the world's population, are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In the United States, chronic hepatitis C, the most common cause of liver-related death and reason for liver transplantation, recently eclipsed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection as a cause of death. The development of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) has revolutionized HCV treatment by offering genuine prospects for the first comprehensive cure of a chronic viral infection in humans. This success can be traced . . .