Hepatitis C virus infection spontaneous clearance: Has it been underestimated?

Objectives: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance rate (fclearance) is defined as the proportion of infected persons who will spontaneously clear their infection after acute infection. We aimed to estimate fclearance using a novel approach that avoids limitations in existing estimates, and to clarify th...

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Main Authors: Houssein H. Ayoub, Hiam Chemaitelly, Ryosuke Omori, Laith J. Abu-Raddad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218344722