Burden of Disease and Cost of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Canada

Affiliations

Robert P Myers: Liver Unit, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Mel Krajden: BC Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Marc Bilodeau: University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kelly Kaita: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Paul Marotta: Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Kevork Peltekian: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alnoor Ramji: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Chris Estes: Center for Disease Analysis, Louisville, Colorado, USA
Homie Razavi: Center for Disease Analysis, Louisville, Colorado, USA
Morris Sherman: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation.

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720