EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN 1994–2013

Abstract

Since discovery of Hepatitis C virus in 1989 and starting of official registration of acute and chronic cases of Hepatitis C (HC) in the Russian Federation in 1994 there are a lot of data demonstrating epidemic process development of HCV infection in the country as well as features of HCV epidemiology.

Keywords

• acute hepatitis c
• chronic hepatitis c
• epidemiology
• russian federation