Author/Editor		Matičič, Mojca
Title		Značilnosti hepatitisa C v Sloveniji
Translated title		Hepatitis C in Slovenia
Type		članek
Source		Odvisnosti
Vol. and No.		Letnik 1, št. 1-2
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 40-2
Language		slo
Abstract		Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has become a major worldwide health care problem in that it accounts for approximately three quarters of all the cases of chronic viral hepatitis. It remains a challenge to medicine because it is so unique in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and the prevention of infection. This article presents the current status of HCV infection in Slovenia according to known epidemiological data, the clinical management of infected persons and patients with chronic hepatitis C, the diagnostic approach, and the pathohystological criteria of chronic liver infection. It addresses the most important issues for the future national management of HCV infection in Slovenia which were established at the 1999 Round Table Conference of Slovenian medical doctors engaged in hepatitis management.
Summary		Okužba z virusom hepatitisa C (HCV) je danes v svetu vse večji zdravstveni problem, saj povzroča tri četrtine vseh kroničnih virusnih hepatitisov. Njena izjemnost se kaže v odkrivanju okuženih, zdravljenju obolelih in preprečevanju širjenja okužbe. Predstavljeno je trenutno znano vsesplošno epidemiološko stanje okužbe s HCV v Sloveniji, klinično obravnavanje okuženih in zbolelih za kroničnim hepatitisom C, laboratorijska diagnostika okužbe s HCV v Sloveniji in patohistološki kriteriji diagnostike kronične jetrne okužbe s HCV. Nanizane so smernice za nadaljnje delo pri odkrivanju, zdravljenju in epidemiološkem nadzoru okuženih s HCV, ki jih je sprejela Okrogla miza slovenskih zdravnikov o hepatitisu leta 1999.
Descriptors		HEPATITIS C HEPATITIS C-LIKE VIRUSES