Damage and Control of Hepatitis C
May 19, 2009 is the second sector, “World Hepatitis Day”, this year’s World Hepatitis Day aims to raise public awareness of hepatitis B and hepatitis C awareness, but the theme is still “I am a Twelfth do ? “with approximately 12 individuals have a patient with chronic viral hepatitis (including hepatitis B and hepatitis C), these people are likely to side in you and me, but has failed to timely diagnosis. In the Hepatitis Day is approaching, there are several medical institutions throughout the country hold a variety of relevant seminars and free consultations.
The afternoon of May 17, Guangzhou, Zhongshan three homes epidemiology expert Professor Zhao Zhixin in Zhongshan Hospitals for everyone to explain about the dangers and prevention of hepatitis C-related content, and some patients do the question answered in detail by the of the audience here at home.
Expert Description:
Zhao Xin, Associate Professor, Master’s tutor. He graduated from Zhongshan Medical University in 1987 to obtain master’s degree in epidemiology. In 2000 in the famous liver expert under the guidance of Professor Yao Jilu obtained a doctorate in science. After graduating from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan three house) has long engaged in infectious disease clinical, teaching and clinical research. Sun Yat-sen, deputy director of teaching and research is currently infected and Zhongshan Hospital, deputy director of Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhongshan University Course in infectious diseases, speaker teachers, Sun Yat-sen Epidemiology 8-year course responsible person. Viral hepatitis is mainly engaged in the clinical and research work (anti-viral treatment of chronic hepatitis, viral hepatitis prognostic factor analysis and research), in recent years, provincial-level commitment and participation of seven research projects currently focus on participation in national “Eleventh Five-Year” is hard to governing the treatment of hepatitis C research, published scientific papers about more than 20 (including SCI included 3). Chaired or participated in 16 medical monograph or national planning in the preparation of teaching materials. In 2003 won in the fight against SARS, “Anti-SARS, Guangdong Province, second-class power.”
1. The dangers of Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been quite interesting human knowledge, in the last century, 70 years ago because of hepatitis awareness of the pandemic spread of hepatitis A through the diet, soon after it was recognized that spread through the blood can cause hepatitis, another The virus, named hepatitis. To the early 70s, it also found a blood-borne viruses, this virus and hepatitis A virus and hepatitis B virus are not the same, when people will be named as “non-A, non B” hepatitis B virus. The late 80s, hepatitis C virus gene was successfully cloned and invented a hepatitis C antibody detection methods, also found in other viruses can cause hepatitis, and in order to make the naming more standardized hepatitis viruses will be “non-A, non B” hepatitis virus, named hepatitis C virus. Until the early 90s, hepatitis C virus quantitative examination begun to emerge.