Hepatitis C: milestones from discovery to clinical cure.
Mil Med Res
; 7(1): 59, 2020 12 01.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33261650
ABSTRACT
On October 5th, 2020, Drs. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice were rewarded with Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV)". During the past 50 years, remarkable achievements have been made in treatment of HCV infection it has changed from being a life-threatening chronic disease to being curable. In this commentary, we briefly summarized the milestone events in the "scientific journey" from the first report of non-A, non-B hepatitis and discovery of the pathogen (HCV) to final identification of efficacious direct-acting antivirals. Further, we address the challenges and unmet issues in this field.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hepatitis C
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Hepacivirus
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Disease Eradication
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Mil Med Res
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China