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Treatment Options For Hepatitis C And The Rationale For Low Response Rates In African Americans, Cheu Patricia Manka, Ralph Gomes, Rebecca Reviere, Clarence Lee
Treatment Options For Hepatitis C And The Rationale For Low Response Rates In African Americans, Cheu Patricia Manka, Ralph Gomes, Rebecca Reviere, Clarence Lee
Clarence Lee
Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the leading cause for liver transplantation, is emerging as1 of the infections that pose public health problems in the world since about 170 million people worldwide are infected with this virus. Inequality in addressing racial/ethnic disparities in treatment for hepatitis C is a pressing problem. HCV is more common among African Americans than among other racial groups in the United States. Although African Americans have been shown to have a lower rate of viral clearance and a higher rate of chronic hepatitis C, they may have at the same time a much lower rate of fibrosis …