What our study showed was that during a chronic hepatitis C infection, antibodies on the virus surface form an antibody cluster that persistently stimulates the B cells to mutate," explains lead ...

You can contract hepatitis C by blood-to-blood contact. Ways to avoid reinfection to the hepatitis C virus include avoiding sharing needles and using condoms or another barrier method during sex.

While acute hepatitis C is often asymptomatic, over half of hepatitis C cases lead to chronic infection. This can be life threatening. Because of this, chronic hepatitis C requires treatment.

Treatment with xalnesiran, a small interfering RNA molecule, plus an immunomodulator resulted in hepatitis B surface antigen loss among adults with chronic HBV infection, according to a study ...