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Hepatitis C: Dangerous Silence
Dr. C. Everett Koop estimates that over 200 million people worldwide are infected with HCV--"making it one of the greatest public health threats faced in this century, and perhaps one of the greatest threats to be faced in the next century." Alcohol Increases Hepatitis C Virus in Human Cells--06/26/2003
A team of NIH-supported researchers today report that alcohol increases replication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in human cells and, by so doing, may contribute to the rapid course of HCV infection. |
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