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The virus and the disease

April 7, 2003 7:00 AM UTC

Retrofitting HCV Drugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 170 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus, with an additional 3-4 million people newly infected each year. More than half of HCV-infected individuals live in Southeast Asia or in the Western Pacific. WHO estimates that 9 million HCV-infected individuals live in Europe...