Afia Abbas

Anti-thyroid Antibodies in Patients with HCV Genotype 3a: A Pilot Study

Sana Temuri, Nadeem Afzal, Mohammad Kashif, Ahmed Nadeem, Faheem Shahzad, Waqas Latif, Afia Abbas & Tafazzul H. Mahmud · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2016

Background: Each year, 3 to 4 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and it is the major cause of liver disease worldwide. The patient with acute HCV is often asymptomatic but can present with fatigue and jaundice. About 80% of HCV infected individual’s progress...