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lüll Hepatitis C in India Mukhopadhyaya AJ Biosci 2008[Nov]; 33 (4): 465-73Hepatitis C is an emerging infection in India and an important pathogen causing liver disease in India.The high risk of chronicity of this blood-borne infection and its association with hepatocellular carcinoma underscores its public health importance. Blood transfusion and unsafe therapeutic interventions by infected needles are two preventable modalities of spread of hepatitis C infection. In addition, risk factor modification by reducing the number of intravenous drug users will help curtail the prevalence of this infection. This review summarizes the extent, nature and implications of this relatively new pathogen in causing disease in India.|Communicable Diseases, Emerging/complications/*epidemiology/transmission/virology[MESH]|HIV Infections/complications[MESH]|Hepacivirus/genetics/*pathogenicity[MESH]|Hepatitis C/complications/*epidemiology/transmission[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|India/epidemiology[MESH]|Liver Diseases/etiology[MESH]|Prevalence[MESH]|Risk Factors[MESH] |