Hepatitis C is a blood-borne infectious disease caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV) belonging to the Flaviviridae family of +ssRNA viruses. HCV infection often becomes chronic and can lead to degenerative liver diseases including fibrosis and cirrhosis. Some of these may eventually lead to hepatocellular carcinoma.
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Viral infectious disease
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Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral hepatitis
1E50 Acute viral hepatitis
H00413 Hepatitis C
1E51 Chronic viral hepatitis
H00413 Hepatitis C
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by +ssRNA viruses
H00413 Hepatitis C
Infectious diseases by law in Japan [br08406.html]
H00413