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Infections > Communicable Diseases > Blood-Borne Infections > Hepatitis C
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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Communicable Diseases > Blood-Borne Infections > Hepatitis C
Infections > Virus Diseases > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis C
Digestive System Diseases > Liver Diseases > Hepatitis > Hepatitis, Viral, Human > Hepatitis C
Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Flaviviridae Infections > Hepatitis C

Preferred term

Hepatitis C  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Hepatitis, Viral, Non-A, Non-B, Parenterally-Transmitted
  • Parenterally Transmitted Non A, Non B Hepatitis
  • Parenterally-Transmitted Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis
  • PT-NANBH

Note

  • chronic = HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC

Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by HEPATITIS C VIRUS, a single-stranded RNA virus. Its incubation period is 30-90 days. Hepatitis C is transmitted primarily by contaminated blood parenterally and is often associated with transfusion and intravenous drug abuse. However, in a significant number of cases, the source of hepatitis C infection is unknown.

History note

  • 92; was HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B 1980-91 (see under HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN 1980-90); HEPATITIS C was see HEPATITIS, VIRAL, NON-A, NON-B 1985-91

In other languages

  • maksatulehdus C

    Finnish

  • akut hepatit C
  • C-hepatiitti
  • C-maksatulehdus
  • HCV
  • hepatiitti C
  • hepatiitti C -viruksen aiheuttama akuutti maksatulehdus
  • hepatitis C
  • hepatitis C acuta
  • Hepatit C

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006526

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