Overview
Written by top researchers who have lead this field since the discovery of hepatitis C virus
Provide a concise and current review of the state of this rapidly advancing field
Strong focus on rapid advances in treating and managing hepatitis C infection
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Table of contents(14 chapters)
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HCV Infections in Special Populations
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Approaches to Therapy
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Prevention and Control of HCV Infection
About this book
This book helps scientists, clinicians and other interested individuals understand recent clinical advances and challenges for the future. It covers many basic aspects of the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C, HCV infections in particular populations, approaches to therapy, and prevention and control of HCV Infection. The book provides a succinct review of the large amount of data generated by multiple groups over the past two decades that has revealed the natural history of HCV infection. Similarly, it summarizes current understanding of the origins of HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma, cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis. Extra-hepatic manifestation and metabolic disorders related to HCV infection are described. In this volume, these clinically important aspects of HCV infection are comprehensively described. Highlights are description of newly developed direct- acting antivirals. The authors represent a worldwide distribution of leaders in the field reflecting the global nature of HCV infection. Based on recent data concerning the genetic- and geographical diversity of HCV, and increased global disease burden of HCV infection, challenges for global control of HCV infections are described.
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Editors and Affiliations
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National Institute of Infectious Disease , Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuo Miyamura
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Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, The Univ of N Carolina at Chapel Hill Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Chapel Hill, USA
Stanley M. Lemon
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Center for Vaccines and Immunity, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital , Ohio, USA
Christopher M. Walker
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National Institute of Infectious Disease, Tokyo, Japan
Takaji Wakita
About the editors
Tatsuo Miyamura M.D. PhD. (Jikei University, Japan)
Stanley M.Lemon M.D. PhD.(The University of North Carolina, USA)
Christopher M. Walker PhD. (The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Hepatitis C Virus II
Book Subtitle: Infection and Disease
Editors: Tatsuo Miyamura, Stanley M. Lemon, Christopher M. Walker, Takaji Wakita
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56101-9
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56099-9Published: 08 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56776-9Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-56101-9Published: 28 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 372
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hepatology, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Public Health