Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: __Abstract__ \n \nHepatitis C is a major global health problem which is responsible for over 350,000 \ndeaths each year.1 In total, there are thought to be around 150 million hepatitis C virus \n(HCV) carriers, which comprise about 3% of the world population. The prevalence \nof HCV infection, however, shows a substantial geographical variation. In Europe the \nprevalence of HCV infection varies from 0.1 to 6.0%, with the highest occurrence in \nSouthern and Eastern Europe.2 The Netherlands represents a country in which HCV \ninfection is not frequently observed. A recently performed Dutch epidemiological \nstudy in
Author: Adriaan van der Meer
Language: English
Topic: Hepatitis C virus research
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2105738653