News tagged with interferon therapy

Alarming trend -- antiviral therapy to treat hepatitis C is declining in the US

Researchers from the University of Michigan determined that only 663,000 of the approximately 3.9 million Americans with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection received antiviral therapy between 2002 and 2007. Treatment rates ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nov 24, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Mutations within a conservative region of HCV affects the therapy

At least 200 million individuals are currently infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. Approximately 30%-50% of patients respond to interferon/ribavirin combination therapy. Response to interferon therapy depends ...

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Mar 30, 2009 | not rated yet | 0