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Effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors in real-world patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in Brazil: a multicenter study

Clinics; 72 (6), 2017
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of first-generation protease inhibitors for the treatment of genotype 1 hepatitis C virus-infected patients at Brazilian reference centers. METHODS: This multicenter cross-sectional study included hepatitis C virus genotype 1 monoinfected patients trea...

Curing Chronic Hepatitis C: A Cost Comparison of the Combination Simeprevir Plus Sofosbuvir vs. Protease-Inhibitor-Based Triple Therapy

Ann. hepatol; 16 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction. Interferon-free, multi-direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly effective and well tolerated, but costly. To gain perspective on the evolving economics of HCV therapy, we compared the cost per cure of a multi-DAA regimen with th...

Daclatasvir Plus Asunaprevir Dual Therapy for Chronic HCV Genotype 1b Infection: Results of Turkish Early Access Program

Ann. hepatol; 16 (1), 2017
Abstract: Background. Daclatasvir and asunaprevir dual therapy is approved for the treatment of HCV genotype 1b infection in several countries. Aim. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of daclatasvir and asunaprevir dual therapy in Turkish patients. Material and methods. Sixty-one patients with HCV...

Genotipos circulantes del virus de la hepatitis C en Colombia

Biomédica (Bogotá); 37 (1), 2017
Resumen Introducción: La infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis C es un problema de salud pública y se estima que hay más de 180 millones de personas infectadas en el mundo. En Colombia no se conoce la epidemiología de la infección ni los genotipos virales más frecuentes. Objetivo. Desc...

Frequency of the mdr1 gene polymorphism rs1045642 (c3435t) in hcv-hiv co-infected patients

Arq. gastroenterol; 53 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background Due to the high prevalence of co-infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the severity of these infections, the understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in these processes, including viral behavior and host genetic profile, is of grea...

Caracterización molecular del virus de la Hepatitis C en pacientes remitidos al Laboratorio Regional de Salud Pública del Hospital Universitario “Antonio Patricio de Alcalá”, Cumaná, Venezuela

Invest. clín; 57 (1), 2016
La Organización Mundial de la Salud estima que aproximadamente 170 millones de personas están crónicamente infectadas por el virus de la hepatitis C (VHC). En este estudio se evaluó la presencia de anticuerpos contra el VHC en pacientes remitidos durante enero de 2010 a febrero de 2013, al Laboratori...