Chronic infection with hcv may progress to hepatic cancer.
<h3>What are chronic infections?</h3>
Chronic infection is infections which usually and frequently last for three months or longer.
They involve the presence of pathogenic virus following the primary infection and may include chronic disease. Slow infection is characterized by a prolonged incubation period followed by progressive disease.
Examples of chronic infections are as follows:
- Tuberculosis: An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.
- Nephritis: Inflammation of the kidney.
- Cancer: A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
So therefore, chronic infection with hcv may progress to hepatic cancer. Option A
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