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Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is now the most frequent cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States and most Western nations.^1,2,3 Population-based surveys show that 1 to 2 percent of adults in the United States are chronically infected with HCV.² Although hepatitis C has been described as an epidemic and a national emergency, the epidemic reflects the identification of chronic cases rather than a large outbreak of new cases.

Acute hepatitis C is no longer very common in the United States. The incidence has decreased from a peak level of 250,000 to 500,000 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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