Chronic alcohol abuse and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an uncommon occurrence in the course of chronic infection. We reported a rare case of a 41-year-old male patient infected with HCV genotype 3a who presented spontaneous viral elimination after increasing his daily consumption of alcoholic beverage....

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Main Authors: Henrique Pott, Junior, Guilherme Bricks, Jorge Figueiredo Senise, Adauto Castelo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:IDCases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250919300678