Paediatric hepatitis C virus infection and its treatment: Present, past, and future

Publication date: Available online 1 October 2019Source: Arab Journal of GastroenterologyAuthor(s): Mortada El-Shabrawi, Fetouh HassaninAbstractHepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease in the world. It is a challenging medico-social problem in the paediatric population. High HCV infection rates are reported in low and middle incomes countries. From the health economic point of view treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) with subsequent virus eradication is very effective as it eliminates the long-term sequelae of untreated or maltreated HCV.In this review we summarize the updates and highlight the historical approach of treatment of chronic HCV infection in children in the new era of directly acting antiviral (DAA) agents.
Source: Arab Journal of Gastroenterology - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research