Chronic alcohol abuse and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus

Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an uncommon occurrence in the course of chronic infection. We reported a rare case of a 41-year-old male patient infected with HCV genotype 3a who presented spontaneous viral elimination after increasing his daily consumption of alcoholic beverage....

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Autores principales: Pott, Henrique, Bricks, Guilherme, Senise, Jorge Figueiredo, Castelo, Adauto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31384553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2019.e00534
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Sumario:Spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an uncommon occurrence in the course of chronic infection. We reported a rare case of a 41-year-old male patient infected with HCV genotype 3a who presented spontaneous viral elimination after increasing his daily consumption of alcoholic beverage. In this short review, we overview how modulation of the hepatic inflammatory response could have a role in the viral elimination process.

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