HCV Ab hōʻike pahu

ʻO ka maʻi Hepatitis C (HCV), kahi maʻi maʻi RNA i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka ʻohana Flaviviridae, ʻo ia ka pathogen o ka maʻi hepa C. He maʻi maʻi ʻo Hepatitis C, i kēia manawa, ma kahi o 130-170 miliona mau kānaka i loaʻa i ka honua.

Wahi a ka ʻikepili mai ka World Health Organization, ʻoi aku ma mua o 350,000 poʻe e make ana i ka maʻi ʻaʻai pili 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 maʻi HCV, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 80% o ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka HCV e loaʻa i ka maʻi ate mau. Ma hope o 20-30 mau makahiki, 20-30% o lākou e hoʻomohala i ka cirrhosis, a ʻo 1-4% e make i ka cirrhosis a i ʻole ka maʻi maʻi ate.