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Chronic hepatitis C, co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus

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Link to WHO Definition

Chronic hepatitis C, co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1951721583

A liver disease characterised by liver inflammation and fibrosis caused by more than 6 months of infection with the hepatitis C virus and with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 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 hepatitis C without HIV infection.