hepatitis c
Silently, Laura, akes her way to the refrigerator, knowing she needs to take her medication. Hoping this medicine reurion and inferon will help her disease, Hepatitis C, she prays and waits for the results. Each year, 150,000 new cases of Hepatitis C are discovered in the United States (Brown. et.al., 1998). What is Hepatitis C? Where do people become infected with the virus? How is the virus cured? There are so many questions asked from people each day, and the researchers still don't have all the anwsers. Hepatitis is a disease of the liver that is caused by one of the tinest types of "bugs", or microorganism, that can infect humans: a virus. Viruses are made up of a compact string of genes ( genes carry the coded information telling our cells what to do) in a coat of protein (Brown. et.al.,1998). Viruses carry blueprints so the virus can make many more copies of the cell. The virus reproduces by invading living cells. Once inside the cell, it uses the cell to produce more virus with the cells normal functions. Virus
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Approximate Word count = 699
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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