45-year follow-up of hepatitis C virus infection in healthy young adults

• Published in: Annals of internal medicine Vol. 132; no. 2; p. 105
• Main Authors: Seeff, L B, Miller, R N, Rabkin, C S, Buskell-Bales, Z, Straley-Eason, K D, Smoak, B L, Johnson, L D, Lee, S R, Kaplan, E L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 18.01.2000
• Subjects: Aged; Cause of Death; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Disease Progression; Follow-Up Studies; Hepacivirus - immunology; Hepatitis C - complications; Hepatitis C - diagnosis; Hepatitis C - mortality; Hepatitis C Antibodies - blood; Humans; Liver Diseases - epidemiology; Liver Diseases - etiology; Liver Diseases - mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate

The sequelae during the first two decades after acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have been well studied, but the outcome thereafter is unknown. To conduct an extended study of the natural history of HCV infection by using archived serum specimens originally collected between 1948 and 1954. Re...