Main description:

Fueled in part by the opioid epidemic, the number of reported hepatitis C virus infections tripled in the United States between 2010 and 2015. As new infections continue to mount, new therapies have produced seismic changes in how HCV is treated clinically, leaving a gap between the most current clinical guidance and the ongoing demands of patient care.

The New Hepatitis C is a current and essential review of HCV's epidemiology, diagnosis, and clinical approaches - a clinician's guidebook for navigating everything from screening to treatment. Acute and chronic HCV are addressed, as are important new treatment options for HCV, management of side effects, and a convenient summary of clinical trials on the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.

Updated to detail the standards of care that will define the next decade of HCV management, this evidence-based volume is an essential clinical reference for to any practitioner in gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious disease, transplant, or internal medicine.

Contents:

Contributors

Preface

1. Basic Virology of Hepatitis C
Glenn Randall

2. Epidemiology of Hepatitis C
Adam Mikolajczyk and Helen S. Te

3. Natural History of Hepatitis C
Cassandra Fritz and Andrew Aronsohn

4. Diagnostic Testing for Hepatitis C
Natasha Walzer

5. Pathology of Viral Hepatitis C
Shriram Jakate

6. Acute Hepatitis C.
Christin N. Price and Arthur Y. Kim

7. Chronic Hepatitis C
Rohit Satoskar and Tenzin Choden

8. Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C
Suzanne Robertazzi and Anjana A. Pillai

9. Treatment of Hepatitis C Genotypes 1, 4, 5, 6
Ramakrishna Behara and Steven L. Flamm

10. Treatment of Hepatitis C Genotypes 2 and 3
Deepak Venkat and Stanley Martin Cohen

11. Treatment of Hepatitis C in Special Populations
Andres F. Carrion and Paul Martin
12. Hepatitis C in Liver Transplantation
Justin R. Boike, Kristina A. Matkowskyj and Josh Levitsky

13. Management of Hepatitis C after a Cure
Daniel Berger and Sheila Eswaran

Index