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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2007; 02(01): 003-009
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557011
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557011
Review Article
Hepatitis C virus in children
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Publication History
10 August 2006
25 October 2006
Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)
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Abstract
Chronic hepatitis C viral infection represents a worldwide viral epidemic. The natural course of hepatitis C virus is less understood in the pediatric population, although fewer children progress to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease than adults infected. In the last five years, epidemiological and clinical research involving hepatitis C virus-infected children has raised interesting observations regarding the differences in transmission, natural history, and response to treatment in this population.