Volume 14 Supplement 5
Edited by Giampiero Carosi, Alfredo Focà and Carlo Torti
The workshop and publication of this proceedings supplement were funded by an unrestricted grant provided by Roche. Supplement Editor declarations: Carlo Torti has received grants for participation in Conferences or Advisory Boards from Gilead, ViiV, BMS. He also received research grants from BMS and Gilead. Carosi Giampiero and Alfredo Focà declare no competing interests. The peer review process for articles published in this supplement was overseen by the Supplement Editors in accordance with BioMed Central’s peer review guidelines for supplements.
Third Workshop of the HCV Study Group in the Calabria Region.
Catanzaro, Italy4 October 2013
The study of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes/subtypes, quasispecies and recombinants obtained by virus genome sequencing are important for epidemiological studies, to trace the source of infection, for devel...
The epidemiological profile of HCV infection is evolving in Europe, as well as in Italy. We have previously showed genotype distributions and their dynamics in 2,153 HCV RNA positive patients living in Calabri...
In Italy, anti-HCV drugs are provided free of charge by the National Health System. Since 2011, three drug regimens including a directly acting antiviral (DAA) are considered the gold standard for HCV treatmen...
HIV infection leads to a faster progression of liver disease in subjects infected with HCV, as compared with HCV mono-infected patients. Previous reports suggest that sustained virological response (SVR) rates...
Interleukin 27 (IL-27) has pleiotropic properties that can either limit or enhance immune responses. Recent studies revealed that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the IL-27 promoter region modulate th...
Epidemiological evidence links Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) to B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). These B-NHLs, particularly those associated with HCV, may represent a distinct sub-gro...
We present clinical cases, which underline some difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Case report #1 shows a patient who avoided clinical follow-up for HCV until the dev...
Molecular tests that detect and/or quantify HCV RNA are important in the diagnosis and management of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) undergoing anti-viral therapy. The primary goal of anti-HCV therapy ...
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