eRAM
encyclopedia of Rare Disease Annotation for Precision Medicine
| Disease | hepatitis c |
| Symptom | |infection |
| Sentences | 461 |
| PubMedID- 20106936 | An example is chronic infection with hepatitis c virus, where the initial infection may be asymptomatic for decades. |
| PubMedID- 26396247 | The unusually high infection prevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv), hbv, and hiv in hemophilia patients and other transfusion recipients could have been prevented by earlier identification of these viruses and development of accurate diagnostic assays (3–8). |
| PubMedID- 21861668 | infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a major global health issue. |
| PubMedID- 20378277 | The risks are greater in males, and older individuals, and are increased by co-exposure to aflatoxin b(1), the presence of cirrhosis, obesity, or diabetes mellitus, and possibly co-infection with hepatitis c virus. |
| PubMedID- 22869395 | Background and aim: hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the most frequent form of primary liver cancer and chronic infection with hepatitis c virus is one of the main risk factors for hcc. |
| PubMedID- 22308122 | In a study conducted on addict prisoners in khazarabad, iran in 2001, tattooed inmates were shown to have at least 3.5 times higher risk of infection with hepatitis c. moreover, 30.8% of the cases were found to have hepatitis c, 81.7% of which were idus .indeed, tattooing may be a major route of hcv transmission. |
| PubMedID- 25232427 | Background: hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) is one of themost common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. |
| PubMedID- 21501354 | Aim: infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis that develops into hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| PubMedID- 26147631 | Maternal hiv infection increased the risk of vertical transmission of hepatitis c. |
| PubMedID- 21914084 | Chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) can induce insulin resistance (ir) in a genotype-dependent manner and contributes to steatosis, progression of fibrosis and resistance to interferon plus ribavirin therapy. |
| PubMedID- 22823899 | Background: persistent infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a leading cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| PubMedID- 21044142 | Persistent infection with hepatitis c virus causes serious liver diseases, such as chronic hepatitis, hepatic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| PubMedID- 24898543 | Introduction: infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the leading cause of chronic hepatitis in patients on hemodialysis. |
| PubMedID- 23097965 | Introduction: infection with hepatitis c is often manifested by a mild clinical course, and in many patients it is revealed incidentally, during routine laboratory ests. |
| PubMedID- 22419005 | infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) affects nearly 200 million people in the world. |
| PubMedID- 22196981 | Objective: infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a serious public health problem worldwide. |
| PubMedID- 22479042 | Background: the prevalence of infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is increasing worldwide. |
| PubMedID- 22084778 | The patient also suffered from liver cirrhosis child b and thrombosis of the portal vein due to infection with hepatitis c and alcohol abuse. |
| PubMedID- 19657792 | Objective: to evaluate liver function and hemostatic parameters in postmenopausal women who have chronic infection with the hepatitis c virus and climacteric symptoms and are undergoing hormone therapy (ht) (standard dose of transdermal continuous combined hormone therapy). |
| PubMedID- 25960681 | In order to be included in the analysis, the records retrieved had to fulfill the following inclusion criteria jointly:study type: full economic evaluation, entailing the comparison of two or more health care programs in terms of both costs and consequences;study design: economic assessment performed alongside randomized controlled trials, observational studies, natural experiments, or secondary analyses carried out through decision models;population: asymptomatic population at general or high risk of infection with hcv;intervention: hepatitis c screening program;comparator: no early detection measure and treatment of symptomatic patients solely; screening for hepatitis c with a different scheme (eg, two different age cohorts compared or targeted versus mass screening);outcome: outcome of the economic evaluation expressed in terms of cost/quality adjusted life year (qaly) gained or cost/unit of effectiveness gained (eg, life year ly, cost per case detected). |
| PubMedID- 21680513 | Chronic infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) is associated with increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). |
| PubMedID- 21509250 | infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a worldwide problem. |
| PubMedID- 21068134 | Background and aims: a number of recent studies have shown that human polymorphisms near the il28b type iii interferon (ifnlambda) gene influence the response to peg-interferon plus ribavirin combination therapy for infection with chronic hepatitis c virus (hcv). |
| PubMedID- 22925702 | Chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease; about 170 million people worldwide are estimated to be infected. |
| PubMedID- 25604355 | Although chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the united states, graft and patient survival rates are reduced because of hcv recurrence after transplant. |
| PubMedID- 21170375 | Chronic liver disease, often following infection with hepatitis c virus, is another significant cause of death in hiv-infected patients. |
| PubMedID- 22863216 | All controls showed negative blood testing for hbsag and hbv dna as well as for seromarkers of infection with the hepatitis c virus. |
| PubMedID- 22028994 | Hiv infection is linked with hepatitis c infection, which is associated with insulin resistance and diabetes due to increased intrahepatic tumor necrosis factor (tnf-α) and hepatic steatosis. |
| PubMedID- 22156972 | Objective: co-infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in hiv-infected individuals. |
| PubMedID- 23900718 | We apply the methodology to data from the swiss hiv cohort study to address the question if a joint infection with hiv-1 and hepatitis c virus leads to a slower increase of cd4 lymphocyte counts over time after the start of antiretroviral therapy. |
| PubMedID- 19773667 | Objectives: although chronic infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) may lead to the development of cirrhosis and its complications, little data are available on progression to the decompensated stage in a hetereogeneous population. |
| PubMedID- 26308395 | Carriers of the deltag allele have impaired ability to clear infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv). |
| PubMedID- 22893870 | The exclusion criteria included a co-infection with hepatitis c virus or human immunodeficiency virus, a history of taking other antiviral agents for chb, decompensated liver cirrhosis, hcc, and a concurrent use of immunosuppressive drugs or corticosteroids and underlying medical diseases accompanied by ascites such as congestive heart failure. |
| PubMedID- 22398573 | Super-infection with genotype 4 hepatitis c virus in a patient treated for genotype 3 acute hepatitis c. |
| PubMedID- 24685721 | Background & aims: production of interferon (ifn)-gamma by natural killer (nk) cells is attenuated during chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv). |
| PubMedID- 26357641 | infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a common cause of chronic liver disease, and hcv-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are the leading causes for liver transplantation in the western world. |
| PubMedID- 25691453 | In japan, the infection rate of hepatitis c is high, with many cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) 1. |
| PubMedID- 24101439 | Previous infection with hepatitis c significantly decreased the risk of hypertension.because of the profound heterogeneity of the studies, it was not possible to perform any meta-analysis. |
| PubMedID- 21415945 | infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is an increasing epidemic with over 180 million people infected worldwide. |
| PubMedID- 22200181 | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (tnf-alpha) is an important cytokine in generating an immune response against infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv). |
| PubMedID- 20487539 | Testing for infection with hepatitis c (hcv) was added to the study protocol after 6 patients had been included. |
| PubMedID- 22239506 | Commonly known risk factors for infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) include blood transfusion, injection drug use, intranasal cocaine use, and body tattoos. |
| PubMedID- 20813419 | Background & aims: chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is often associated with elevated hepatic iron levels. |
| PubMedID- 24523215 | Background: infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) increases the risk of death from liver and nonliver-related diseases. |
| PubMedID- 22878070 | The aim of this report is to evaluate whether pregnancy is a risk factor for poor outcome of infection with hepatitis c virus or for allograft deterioration among kidney transplant recipients. |
| PubMedID- 24018830 | Conclusion: infection with hepatitis c increases the likelihood of critical qtc prolongation in patients in methadone maintenance treatment. |
| PubMedID- 20642483 | Sex and age differences in lipid response to chronic infection with the hepatitis c virus in the united states national health and nutrition examination surveys. |
| PubMedID- 24595021 | Further, non-specific comorbid conditions may worsen neurocognitive impairment, including depression , , co-infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) , –, and substance use –. |
| PubMedID- 20617863 | Background: the efficacy of combination therapy with peginterferon plus ribavirin to eradicate viral infection in patients with chronic hepatitis c (chc) is well established; moreover, it is able to arrest or even reverse liver fibrosis. |
| PubMedID- 25562972 | infection with the hepatitis c virus (hcv) frequently causes chronic viral hepatitis, a major risk factor for the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma or primary liver cancer. |