No vaccine is available and, without treatment, about 15 - 30 percent of infected individuals develop liver failure or cancer. (laskerfoundation.org)
Blood samples will be collected from infected individuals and analyzed with next - generation genome sequencing. (lerner.ccf.org)
But researchers are increasingly looking to the Internet to supplement official data, which are limited to a small proportion of actual cases because many infected individuals do not seek medical care. (scientificamerican.com)