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Definition: Hepatitis C |
Hepatitis CNoun1. A viral hepatitis clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis B but caused by a single-stranded RNA virus; usually transmitted by parenteral means (as injection of an illicit drug or blood transfusion or exposure to blood or blood products). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A form of hepatitis, similar to type B post-transfusion hepatitis, but caused by a virus which is serologically distinct from the agents of hepatitis A, B, and E, and which may persist in the blood of chronic asymptomatic carriers. Hepatitis C is parenterally transmitted and associated with transfusions and drug abuse. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hepatitis C infects an estimated 170 million persons worldwide and 3.9 million persons in the United States. Co-infection with HIV is common and rates among HIV positive populations are higher.
Currently, serological tests are available to check for infection. In addition, PCR can be used for more sensitivity and to elucidate a genotype for the infection. There are 6 major known genotypes.
The infection is spread by blood exchange and sexual contact. Before serological tests became available, it was often caused by the use of medical products derived from blood, and by blood transfusion.
Although it can be spread sexually, and vertically (from mother to child), transmission by these routes is not as likely as with hepatitis B. In most developed countries, it is usually seen primarily in intravenous drug users.
In most cases, acute hepatitis C infection has no symptoms and becomes chronic, and can cause long term damage to the liver, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Treatment is mainly based on interferon, combined with other drugs; though this action does not guarantee results. Currently, the preferred treatment is pegylated interferon together with ribavirin.
Alternative therapies are proposed that can perhaps be considered ways to reduce the liver's duties, rather than treat the virus itself. This will not affect the course of the disease or quality of life of the person.
Though hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C have similar names (because they all cause liver disease) the viruses themselves are quite different.
See also: sexually transmitted disease
Viral Hepatitis C Frequently Asked Questions - cdc.govExternal Links
National Hepatitis C Prison Coalition
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hepatitis C."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
HEPATITIS C | English | Development of diagnostic screening and confirmation assays for detection of hepatitis C virus infection.Cloning | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Hepatitis C |
| Specialty definitions using "hepatitis C": Hepatitis C Antibodies, Hepatitis C Antigens, Hepatitis C, Chronic, Hepatitis C-Like Viruses, Hepatitis E, Hepatitis, Chronic. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Pie chart showing causes of chronic liver disease in residents of Jefferson County, Alabama. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses contributed to the majority of cases of chronic liver disease in this population.Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many people with hepatitis C don't have symptoms. (references) | |
You could get hepatitis C by sharing drug needles. (references) | ||
If you have hepatitis C, don't give your blood or plasma. (references) | ||
Business | Chance of developing chronic liver diseases is higher in hepatitis C patients than hepatitis B patients. (references) | |
Therefore, DOH amended the criteria for health conditions of blood donors, and decided that beginning July 1, 1992, blood should also be tested for hepatitis C antibodies. (references) | ||
Taiwan manufacturers are primarily producing diagnostic RIA and EIA kits for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, as well as anti-HIV, tumor marker and diagnostic EIA and HA kits for drug and pregnancy tests. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Portugal | In 1999 the health services director of the Bureau of Prisons reported that 7 out of every 10 convicts entering the prison system were infected with HIV, Hepatitis B, or Hepatitis C. An estimated 20 percent of the total prison population was infected with HIV. (references) |
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Expressions using "hepatitis C": Hepatitis C Antibodies ♦ Hepatitis C Antigens. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hepatitis C": Hepatitis C-Like Viruses. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hepatitis c | 3,638 |
hepatitis c symptom | 133 |
hepatitis c treatment | 123 |
hepatitis c information | 68 |
hepatitis c virus | 62 |
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chronic hepatitis c | 23 |
hepatitis c transmission | 22 |
hepatitis c picture | 21 |
hepatitis c test | 18 |
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hepatitis c diet | 16 |
hepatitis c vaccine | 13 |
hepatitis c support group | 11 |
hepatitis c.com | 11 |
hepatitis c and pregnancy | 11 |
hepatitis c cause | 10 |
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info about hepatitis c | 8 |
hepatitis c medication | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "hepatitis C"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Hepatitis C virus (Hepatitis C virus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Hepatitis C-virus (Hepatitis C virus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | hépatite virale C, hépatite C. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Hepatitis C. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ιός ηπατίτιδας Î" (Hepatitis C virus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | epatite C. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epatitishay cay vÃrus da hepatite C (Hepatitis C virus). (various references) virus de la hepatitis C (Hepatitis C virus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Hepatitis C" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hepatitus c, hepititis c. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-p-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: atheistic, epistatic, hepatitis, patchiest, pitchiest. | |
-2 letters: chitties, ethicist, hepatics, itchiest, pastiche, pathetic, pistache, pithiest, tachiste, theistic. | |
-3 letters: achiest, aitches, aphetic, aseptic, atheist, catties, cattish, episcia, hepatic, hepcats, pachisi, patches, patties, pettish, pietist, pitches, spathic, spicate, staithe, statice, tachist, tipcats. | |
-4 letters: apices, aptest, aspect, attics, cattie, chaise, chapes, chaste, cheaps, cheats, cities, epacts, ethics, haptic, hepcat, iciest, ischia, itches, pastie, pattie, petsai, phasic, phatic, pietas, pities, sachet, saithe, scathe, septic, spathe, spicae, stacte, static, stitch, taches, theist, thetas, thetic, tipcat, tithes. | |
-5 letters: aches, aitch, aphis, apish, aspic, attic, capes, caphs, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, chape, chaps, chapt, chase, chats, cheap, cheat, chest, chias, chips, chits, cites, epact, ephas, epics, ethic, haets, haste, hates, heaps, heats, heist, paces, pacts, paise, paste, patch, pates, paths, peach, peats, pechs, petit, petti, phase, picas, pieta, piste, pitas, pitch, piths, saice, saith, scape, scatt, sepia, sepic, septa, shape, space, spahi, spait, spate, spica, spice, spite, staph, state, stich, stipe, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacit, tacts, tapes, tapis, taste, tates, teach, teats, tecta, tepas, testa, teths, theca, theta, tipis, tithe, titis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-p-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: pantheistic. | |
+2 letters: sophisticate. | |
+3 letters: pantheistical, sophisticated, sophisticates. | |
+4 letters: polytheistical. | |
+5 letters: eutrophications, hyperactivities, pantheistically, pathogenicities, photodissociate, sophisticatedly, sympathomimetic, unsophisticated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 70 61 74 69 74 69 73 43 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 00100000 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e p a t i t i s   C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0070 0061 0074 0069 0074 0069 0073 0043 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)427182678675867585237 |
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