Publications by authors named "Ana Maria Horta Vale"

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is responsible for 20% of all cases of acute hepatitis. However, acute C infection isn't usually recognized in clinical practice, once most of the patients are asymptomatic and, in rare cases, the acute infection can progress to a fulminant form. In 40% of HCV infections, the mode of transmission persist unknown.

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