Hepatitis C virus infection and glomerulonephritis

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a single-stranded RNA virus. It was first discovered in 1989. It is estimated that there are about 100 * 106 infected people worldwide, mainly through blood products and intravenous drug use. In the past 10 years, the understanding of the relationship between HCV infection and glomerular disease has gradually increased. It is now believed that HCV-related renal damage mainly includes: cryoglobulinemia glomerulonephritis (cryoglobulinemic MPGN), non-coldglobulin Non-cryoglobulinemic MPGN and membranous nephropathy (MN)

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