An RNA virus related to the pestiviruses and flaviviruses. It is capable of causing both acute and chronic liver disease. As with hepatitis B, the liver damage resulting from this infection may be the result of immune reactivity against virus-infected liver cells.
Virus that causes hepatitis C, a form of hepatitis (liver inflammation) , and is associated with an increased risk of liver cancer. Spreads through blood-to-blood contact only. Hepatoblastoma Type of liver cancer that mainly occurs in infants and children.
One of a number of RNA viruses that cause hepatitis. Most commonly transmitted via blood and blood products, in blood transfusions, through intravenous drug use, or sometimes through sexual contact.
virus that attacks the liver, obtained through blood transfusions, needle sharing, tattoos; not thought to be sexually transmitted; no vaccine available;
A single-stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family that causes hepatitis C. Abbreviated HCV. The HCV genome contains some 10,000 nucleotides and encodes a single polyprotein of 3,000 amino acids. HCV was discovered in 1989. Before that time, hepatitis C was referred to as non-A, non-B hepatitis.
A lipid enveloped RNA virus that is transmitted by blood transfusion or by sharing needles with an infected individual. It is less commonly transmitted by sexual contact. The disease progresses to chronic hepatitis in most individuals and can lead to cirrhosis and cancer. There is no vaccination available to prevent HCV infection.
A virus that causes hepatitis (inflammation of the liver). It is carried and passed to others through blood or sexual contact. Also, infants born to infected mothers may become infected with the virus.
cause of serious viral infection of the liver. Transmitted via body fluids, especially blood. Recently recognised as an RNA virus involved in the development of liver cancer.
The Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a small (50 nm in size), enveloped, single-stranded, positive sense RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae. HCV mainly replicates within hepatocytes in the liver, although there is controversial evidence for replication in lymphocytes or monocytes. Circulating HCV particles bind to receptors on the surfaces of hepatocytes and subsequently enter the cells.