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Chronic hepatitis B, co-infected with hepatitis C virus

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Link to WHO Definition

Chronic hepatitis B, co-infected with hepatitis C virus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1855566176

A liver disease characterised by liver inflammation and fibrosis caused by more than 6 months of infection with both the hepatitis B and C viruses. Clinical features include fatigue, hard liver edge and complications of cirrhosis (muscle wasting, ascites, splenomegaly/portal hypertension), and outcomes, including hepatocellular carcinoma are worse than for uncomplicated hepatitis B or C. Diagnosis requires simultaneous presence of HBsAg and HCV RNA as well as anti-HCV.