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Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a hepatic disease caused by virus called hepatitis C virus(HCV). This disease was initially named non-A,non-B(NANB)hepatitis after ruling out hepatitis A,hepatitis B and a variety of other viral and bacterial infection. despite of intensive efforts and untiring investigations, the virologists could not determine the etiological agent of this disease. Various type of virus particals were found present in the serum, urine, hepatocytes and KUPPER CELLS but virologists failed to establish etological relationship with NANB hepatitis. A few workers persistently observed the association of a virus with majority of the cases of NANB hepatitis. This virus eventually attracted the attention of virologist who cloned it in three different laboratories by recombinant DNA techniques. the clones were thoroughly studied and found similar in all respect. the virus was then named hepatitis C virus and the disease hepatitis C.In 1989, a serological test was developed to detect antibodies specific to HCV. The test proved highly useful in the serological diagnosis of acute and chronic hepatitis c.the repeated application of this test yielded results that confirmed the involvement of HCV in cases of NANB hepatitis. PREVENTION Measures as recommended by WHO to prevent hepatitis C are same as those for Hepatitis B. There is, however, no vaccine available so far .The main problem in developing an effective vaccine for HCV infection is genetic variation the virus persistently exhibits in its genome. It is however, recommended that all patients with hepatitis C should be vaccinated against hepatitis A and hepatitis B as these infections may cause significant morbidity and mortality when superimposed on pre-existing disease.
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Contributor's Note
This article was written by my cousin who is currently doing his MBBS degree.
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Nice interesting article LL. Hope to see you write more in this field. I have a medical site that I'm developing, it would definitely be useful to read more articles like this. :) www.demonised.com
Packed with information from beginning to end, good job and it's not long. Most articles like this go long, this one doesn't and makes it a winner.
Helpful disease information for health awareness. Thanks
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