Death Rate Higher in HCV Carriers (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 08/03/2009 - 16:55

Patients who carry the hepatitis C virus (HCV) had a higher rate of overall mortality and of liver-related death than patients who had been previously infected but no longer had the virus in their bloodstream, but a full course of treatment improved survival, researchers found.

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