It is important to note that genotype 1 predominates in this country. The lack of symptoms, distant transmission and ability to intervene make it important for individuals to report accurate personal histories and for physicians to test for antibodies in order to detect hepatitis C as early as possible. Hepatitis C virus infection and disease is an increasing public health concern. Without more effective therapies that produce recovery, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that deaths due to HCV will double or triple in the next 15 to 20 years due simply to the length of time most people in the United States have been infected. Return to the list of presenters.
Nothing can be farther from the truth about the world's biggest single infectious killer.
More people died from TB worldwide last year than any other year in history, and the prevalence of multi-drug resistance continues to increase. In all reality, less is spent to apply known, inexpensive drug cures to those afflicted with TB than Westerners spend on anti-balding nostrums. With bad quality drugs, inadequate drug supplies, lack of trained health workers and overall poor treatment programs, this entirely man-made phenomenon threatens to return the world to an era in which TB is incurable. Already 50 million people are believed to be infected by MDR-TB, with treatment for an infectious patient costing up to 100 times as much as a regular TB case. The contrast is a pertinent one, given the fact that TB, especially MDR-TB, is a serious national security issue.