On 2014 Dec 10, Mohammad Saeid Rezaee-Zavareh commented:

This is a great study about treatment of chronic hepatitis c infection (CHC). As we know occult HCV infection (OCI) is a new defined type of CHC that we should consider it in screening of high risk groups like hemodialysis patients and etc. Also it’s very important to determine a place for OCI in the treatment approach of CHC. It is said that a treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin might be useful for OCI patients. However OCI eradication cannot be achieved in all cases. Hence OCI needs more attention in the treatment approach.

References: Rezaee-Zavareh MS, Einollahi B. Treatment of occult hepatitis C virus infection: does it need special attention? Hepatitis monthly. 2014;14(7):e16665. Epub 2014/07/30. Rezaee-Zavareh MS, Ramezani Binabaj M, Alavian SM. Screening for occult hepatitis C virus infection, does it need special attention? Hepatology (Baltimore, Md). 2014. Epub 2014/12/06.

On 2014 Dec 10, Mohammad Saeid Rezaee-Zavareh commented:

This is a great study about treatment of chronic hepatitis c infection (CHC). As we know occult HCV infection (OCI) is a new defined type of CHC that we should consider it in screening of high risk groups like hemodialysis patients and etc. Also it’s very important to determine a place for OCI in the treatment approach of CHC. It is said that a treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin might be useful for OCI patients. However OCI eradication cannot be achieved in all cases. Hence OCI needs more attention in the treatment approach.

References: Rezaee-Zavareh MS, Einollahi B. Treatment of occult hepatitis C virus infection: does it need special attention? Hepatitis monthly. 2014;14(7):e16665. Epub 2014/07/30. Rezaee-Zavareh MS, Ramezani Binabaj M, Alavian SM. Screening for occult hepatitis C virus infection, does it need special attention? Hepatology (Baltimore, Md). 2014. Epub 2014/12/06.