Section I: Natural History of Chronic HCV
Ch. 1- Epidemiology of Chronic HCV
Gary Davis
Ch. 2- Acute HCV
Katja Deterding
Heiner Wedemeyer
Michael P. Manns
Ch. 3- Assessing the Progression of Chronic HCV to Cirrhosis
Xavier Forns
Ch. 4- Chronic HCV and Steatosis
Dawn McDowell Torres
Stephen A. Harrison
Ch. 5- Chronic HCV and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Morris Sherman
Ch. 6- Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic HCV
Antonio Craxi
Vincenza Calvaruso
Ch. 7- Chronic HCV and HIV Co-infection
Patrick Ingiliz
Maud Lemoine
Yves Benhamou
Ch. 8- Chronic HCV in Patients with Renal Disease
Paul Martin
Fabrizio Fabrizi
Ch. 9- Does Treatment Alter the Natural History of Chronic HCV
Bruce Bacon
Fasiha Kanwal
Section II: Treatment of Chronic HCV with Interferon Based Therapy
Ch. 10- Treatment with Interferon and Ribavirin
Stuart Roberts
William Kemp
Ch. 11- Immune Modulators and Other Agents
Edgar D. Charles
Ira M. Jacobson
Ch. 12- Measuring HCV RNA and Assessing Virologic Response
Jean-Michel Pawlotsky
Ch. 13- Response Guided Therapy
Mitchell Shiffman
Ch. 14- Managing the Side Effects of Therapy
Curtis Cooper
Ch. 15- The Genetics of Virologic Response
Andrew J Muir
Alison B. Jazwinski
Ch. 16- Maintenance Therapy with Peginterferon
Nezem Afdahl
Raza Malik
Section III: Anti-viral Therapy for Chronic HCV
Ch. 17- Anti-viral Targets in HCV
Bernd Kronenberger
Stefan Zeuzem
Ch. 18- Mutations and the Development of Anti-viral Resistance
Geoffrey Dusheiko
Anna Maria Geretti
Ch. 19- Peginterferon, Ribavirin and Anti-viral Triple Therapy
Patrick Marcellin
Nathalie Boyer
Tarik Asselah
Ch. 20- Treating Chronic HCV without Interferon and/or Ribavirin
Ed Gane
Ch. 21- Maintenance Therapy with Oral Anti-viral Agents
Donald M. Jensen
Andrew Aronsohn
Section IV: Liver Transplantation for Chronic HCV
Ch. 22- Natural History of Chronic HCV after Liver Transplantation
Michael Charlton
Bart J. Veldt
Ch. 23- Use of HCV Positive Organs in Patients with and without Chronic HCV
Robert Brown
Elizabeth C. Verna
Ch. 24- Treating HCV Prior to Liver Transplantation
Greg Everson
Alvaro Martinez-Camacho
Brett E. Fortune
Ch. 25- Treating HCV after Liver Transplantation
Sammy Saab
Michael Chang
About the Author: Mitchell L. Shiffman, MD
Liver Institute of Virginia, Bon Secours Health System, Richmond, VA, USA