An overview of Hepatitis C infection

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is recognised as one of the major health issues since the last century with an infection rate beyond 3% of the world total population. Being associated with various hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations, HCV is one of the major causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. For a better understanding of such infection, several issues were covered like HCV prevalence, geographical distribution, Genetic diversity, structure, pathogenesis and complication.