Hepatitis crónica por el Virus CDatos epidemiológicos recientes relativos a Canarias

1. Alemán Valls, María Remedios
2. González Reimers, Carlos Emilio
3. Alonso Socas, María de Mar
4. Alonso Álvarez, Beatriz
5. Santolaria Fernández, Francisco
6. Gómez Sirvent, Juan Luis

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Abstract

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection: recent epidemiological dates from the Canary's Islands. Chronic hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) is in this moment the major cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocarcinoma in developed countries, being the first indication ofhepatic transplantation in Europe and United States. Probably because of its silent evolution, many people are still without diagnosis. As an emerging disease, it has reached epidemic proportions, and has become an important public health problem. The main transmission route is the parenteral one, sexual and vertical transmission being less important. Prevalence of chronic HCV infection in The Canary's Islands and continental Spain is between 2 y 3% (approxirnately 800000 persons). An additional problern is the coinfection with the human irnrnunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is associated which rnay accelerate progression to cirrhosis and end-stage liver diseases faster.

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