Twenty years ago, the hepatitis C virus was discovered; twenty years later, this silent killer has "ambushed" 180 million people worldwide. What kind of disease is hepatitis C? How does it spread? Is it also incurable like hepatitis B?
Silent Killer: Lurking for 10-20 years before showing liver damage
China is a country with a large number of hepatitis B patients, but how much do people know about its counterpart, hepatitis C? Currently, there are 180 million hepatitis C patients globally, four times the number of HIV-infected individuals; globally, the death toll from hepatitis C-related liver diseases doubles every ten years; and in China, surveys have found that the prevalence of positive hepatitis C antibodies in the general population is 3.2%, estimating approximately 38 million patients. Every year...