Pahu Hoʻāʻo HCV Ab

ʻO ka maʻi Hepatitis C (HCV), kahi maʻi RNA kaula hoʻokahi no ka ʻohana Flaviviridae, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hepatitis C. He maʻi mau ka Hepatitis C, i kēia manawa, ma kahi o 130-170 miliona mau kānaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

Wahi a nā helu helu mai ka World Health Organization, ʻoi aku ma mua o 350,000 mau kānaka e make ana i ka maʻi akepaʻa e pili ana i ka hepatitis C i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ma kahi o 3 a 4 miliona mau kānaka i loaʻa i ka maʻi hepatitis C. Ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o 3% o ka heluna kanaka o ka honua i loaʻa i ka HCV, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 80% o ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka HCV e loaʻa i ka maʻi akepaʻa mau. Ma hope o 20-30 mau makahiki, e loaʻa i ka 20-30% o lākou ka cirrhosis, a e make ka 1-4% i ka cirrhosis a i ʻole ke kanesa akepaʻa.