Question on a hepatitis article. (the main point of the article? 2. Evaluate the process described?, 3. biggest challenge ) for identifying and preventing viruses?

Question

Article:  https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/archive/2016/story-discovery-hepatitis-c-from-non-a-non-b-hepatitis-cure

Questions:

Describe the main point of the article?

Evaluate the process described in the article?

What is the identification and treatment regimen developed for Hepatitis C ?

What do you see as the biggest challenges for identifying and preventing viruses?

Answer 1

1. The main point of the article is to describe the discovery, clinical presentation, and treatment of hepatitis C.
2. The process described in the article was the process of discovering hepatitis C and its treatment.
3. The treatment regimen is daily doses of interferon to improve liver health with a combination of antivirals including ribavirin. The identification process is the test for hepatitis C virus RNA in a patient's blood.
4. The biggest challenge for identifying and preventing viruses is that if a virus does not produce acute symptoms and instead lays dormant or presents chronically without symptoms, it can be hard to determine if a patient is a carrier of that virus. Thus, it is difficult to prevent viruses that exist asymptomatically within a patient, because then they can be transferred between hosts unknowingly.