become a popular tool to be used for understanding the treatment of interferon for hepatitis C. The humanized mouse has the human immune system incorported into it. Hepatitis C is known to affect many around the world. It leads to liver damage. With the aid of the humanized mouse, understanding the mechanism hepatitis C uses to invade the liver can be studied. With the humanized mouse, treatment can be administered or developed against hepatitis C. With the creation of the humanized mouse in todays
Hepatitis C is a prevalent health care problem. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2016), approximately 2.7-3.9 million of the adult population in the United States is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Some groups of people are at risk for Hepatitis C infection, including current injection drug users, people who received the blood transfusion before 1992, organ recipients from a donor who tested positive for hepatitis C virus, hemodialysis patients, and children
Hepatitis C is an infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, or HCV. The virus is transmitted through bodily fluids and it has been estimated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that between 170 and 200 million people are infected worldwide, and 3 to 5 million people are infected in the U.S., the epidemic is far more widespread in Africa and central Asia. The disease kills approximately 350,000 people a year worldwide and 15,000 people a year in the U.S. The disease can be asymptomatic
Hepatitis C is a liver disease caused by the Hepatitis C virus. The disease can be either acute or a chronic infection, which can be mild or a lifelong disease. This disease also is the major cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. The disease is slow moving and sometimes take up to thirty years to damage the liver. In the United States there are an estimated three to four million people with the disease and are not even aware. Approximately thirty percent of the individuals infected within six months
Hepatitis C Research Paper Laura A. Symicek October 17, 2014 Hepatitis C Research Paper This research paper is going to review today’s silent killer, the Hepatitis C virus. This paper will talk about the description of the disease, the signs and symptoms, the etiology and risk factors, diagnostic studies, treatments and prognosis of this disease. I had lived with this disease for over ten years before diagnosed so it is important to understand the signs and symptoms so the disease can
Hepatitis C is an infection of the blood caused by the Hepatitis C virus. While the Hepatitis virus is widely known for damage caused to the liver, it can also cause damage to the kidneys and other body organs as well since it is an infection in the blood. Hepatitis C is both acute and chronic meaning it can last 6 months and resolve on it 's own or it can last a lifetime. The family name Hepatitis includes Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B in name while each is a completely separate disease. Each separate
Hepatitis C, is an infection of the blood caused by the Hepatitis C virus. While the Hepatitis virus is widely known to damage caused to the liver, it can also cause damage to the kidneys and other body organs as well since it is an infection in the blood. Hepatitis C is both acute and chronic meaning it can last 6 months and resolve on it 's own or it can last a lifetime. The family name Hepatitis includes Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B in name while each is a completely separate disease. Each separate
Hepatitis is a disease caused by a virus that is characterized by liver inflammation. There are three common types of hepatitis – A, B, and C. “Over the past 15 years the incidences of hepatitis and b virus infection in the US have declined significantly. By contrast, the incidence of hepatitis C, formally stable or in decline, has increased 75% since 2010”. (Dan, 2015) Hepatitis C is transmitted parenterally, often through IV drug use and sexual contact. The CDC links the increase in prevalence
Transmitted Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment "Hepatitis" means inflammation of the liver and also refers to a group of viral infections that affect the liver (CDC, 2014). There are five hepatitis viruses’ referred as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E with only three known to be transmitted sexually. Hepatitis A (HAV) The hepatitis A virus is found in the feces of someone infected with the virus. It only takes a tiny amount of feces getting inside another person’s mouth to cause hepatitis A infection
Hepatitis is a complicated illness that affects many people throughout the world. Since its discovery, we have come to identify that hepatitis comes in various forms. Most people have a deeper awareness of the Hepatitis A or B disease because we have been educated throughout the years of its effects on the human body. There is another hepatitis virus called Hepatitis C which is a relatively new disease that many people are unfamiliar with. This disease is highly infectious if the proper precautions