Looming Hepatitis C Epidemic Sparks New Research
A virus unidentified until 1989 now threatens to outstrip HIV as a killer by threefold unless interventions emerge. Around the world, an epidemic is quietly building that has the potential to dwarf AIDS in the number of people affected. The culprit, hepatitis C virus (HCV), is not as consistently lethal as HIV but nevertheless can kill. Development of a broadly useful vaccine seems unlikely, and the only therapeutic agents currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recomb
Dec 7, 1997
A virus unidentified until 1989 now threatens to outstrip HIV as a killer by threefold unless interventions emerge. |
Photo: Christian Handel |
![]() BETTER YET: Schering-Plough's Greg Reyes believes that increased information about HCV will lead to new and better drugs. |
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