[Epidemiology of viral hepatitis C in the Donetsk region].

The article is devoted to the analysis of features of natural history of hepatitis C in Donetsk region, with the purpose to determine the number of patients in need of treatment in the first place, forecast on their cure, determination of the number of patients needing the retreatment. Namely, it is showed the age distribution of acute viral hepatitis B and C among the patients of Donetsk region, the percentage of patients with different severity of fibrosis inthe population of patients with chronic hepatitis C in Donetsk region. The stage of liver fibrosis and the degree of disease activity were compared. Furthermore, it is showed the distribution of genotypes of hepatitis C virus in a population of patients of Donetsk region.