This is the PDF eBook version for Hepatitis C – Epidemiology, Prevention and Elimination Volume 1 by Angelos Hatzakis
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Historical Aspects.- Virology.- HCV Genotypes and HCV Evolution.- Pathogenesis and Histopathology.- Laboratory Diagnosis.- Epidemiology.- Transmission.- PWIDs and other key populations.- Natural history.- Modeling of natural history.- Surveillance.- Burden of disease.- Molecular epidemiology.- Prevention.- Health Care Associated Hepatitis.- Harm reduction in PWIDs.- Sexually, vertical and unusual ways of transmission.- Secondary prevention and screening.- Treatment-as-Prevention.