From: Science and Technology Daily 2012-08-03 The latest data show that the number of reported cases of hepatitis C in China reached more than 170,000 in 2011, a seven-fold increase in eight years compared to 2003. In contrast to the “three highs” of high insidiousness, high underdiagnosis and high chronicity of hepatitis C disease, public awareness of hepatitis C is low, consultation rates are low and treatment rates are low. Yuan Gang, Department of Hepatology, Ningbo Second Hospital