The common mode of transmission for this type of Hepatitis is ingesting contaminated food.
What is Hepatitis A?
100
The CDC recommends that individuals born between 1945-1965 should be tested for HCV. The generation born during this time period is more commonly known as...
What are Baby Boomers?
100
The first medication used to treat Hepatitis C; it was previously used in cancer treatment.
What is Interferon?
100
The liver is the second-largest organ in the human body; this is the largest organ.
What is your skin?
100
These are the three genotypes most commonly found in the United States.
What are Genotypes 1, 2 and 3?
200
The most common mode of transmission for this type of Hepatitis is sharing injection drug equipment.
What is Hepatitis C?
200
Out of those who currently have Hepatitis C, it is estimated that this percentage of that population are not aware that they have it.
What is 75 percent?
200
Recently released by Gilead, tests showed that 95% of those who were treated with this HCV medication cleared the virus.
What is Harvoni?
200
The liver is located under the ribs on this side of your body.
What is the right-hand side?
200
This is the most common genotype of Hepatitis C in the United States.
What is Genotype 1?
300
This type of Hepatitis is commonly viewed as a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI/STD).
What is Hepatitis B?
300
Hepatitis C went by this name prior to 1992.
What is "Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis?"
300
Pharmaceutical company Vertex announced in late 2014 that it would stop producing this protease inhibitor which was used in conjunction with Interferon and Ribavirin for HCV treatment.
What is Incivek?
300
This Hepatitis-related symptom causes yellowing in the whites of the eyes.
What is Jaundice?
300
Globally, there are how many different genotypes of Hepatitis C?
What is six different types?
400
This type of Hepatitis becomes chronic in 85% of those infected with the disease.
What is Hepatitis C?
400
These two vaccines are recommended as a further safeguards for the liver for those with Hepatitis C.
What is the Hepatitis A Vaccine and Hepatitis B vaccine.
400
Polyethylene glycol was added to interferon to make it last longer in the body. What type of interferon is this more commonly known as?
What is Pegylated interferon?
400
This term refers to the hardening of the liver, one of the effects of long-term hepatitis.
What is Fibrosis?
400
People with these two Genotypes are more likely to respond to traditional HCV treatments such as Sovaldi, Interferon and Ribavirin.
What are Genotypes 2 and 3?
500
This type of Hepatitis becomes chronic in 15% of those infected with the disease.
What is Hepatitis B?
500
Hepatitis C can survive outside of the body at room temperature for this amount of time.
What is up to three weeks?
500
This genetic factor can help to determine what treatment course to follow.
What is IL28?
500
This term refers to scarring of the liver, commonly caused by long-term Hepatitis.
What is Cirrhosis?
500
This Genotype has the most variations (for example, Genotype 1a, 1b, etc.).
What is Genotype 4 (Includes Genotype 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4f, 4g, 4h, 4i and 4j)