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Erschienen in: Hepatology International 4/2015

01.10.2015 | Review Article

Features of hepatitis C virus infection, current therapies and ongoing clinical trials in ten Asian Pacific countries

verfasst von: Masao Omata, Tatsuo Kanda, Osamu Yokosuka, Darrell Crawford, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Lai Wei, Alaaeldin Ibrahim, George K. K. Lau, Barjesh C. Sharma, Saeed S. Hamid, Wan-Long Chuang, A. Kadir Dokmeci

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Abstract

Estimated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates in the general populations were 1.3, 0.9, 0.4–1.0, 14.7, 0.1–0.3, 0.9–1.9, 1.0–2.0, 5, 4.4–8.6 and 0.5–1.3 % in Australia, Bangladesh, Mainland China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan and Turkey, respectively. The main HCV genotypes (Gs) are G1, G3, G1b, G4, G1b, G3, G1b, G3, G1b and G2, and G1 in Australia, Bangladesh, Mainland China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Pakistan, Taiwan and Turkey, respectively. Of IL28B genotypes, favorable alleles are ~50 % in Australia and Turkey, but 60–70 % in most of the other Asian countries. Peginterferon plus ribavirin is available in all ten Asian Pasific countries. In addition, HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitors with peginterferon plus ribavirin are currently available in several countries. Clinical trials of interferon-free regimens for HCV are ongoing in most of the ten Asian Pacific countries.
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Metadaten
Titel
Features of hepatitis C virus infection, current therapies and ongoing clinical trials in ten Asian Pacific countries
verfasst von
Masao Omata
Tatsuo Kanda
Osamu Yokosuka
Darrell Crawford
Mamun Al-Mahtab
Lai Wei
Alaaeldin Ibrahim
George K. K. Lau
Barjesh C. Sharma
Saeed S. Hamid
Wan-Long Chuang
A. Kadir Dokmeci
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2015
Verlag
Springer India
Erschienen in
Hepatology International / Ausgabe 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1936-0533
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-0541
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12072-015-9630-4

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