Abstract
Hepatitis C is an inflammation of the liver that affects about 170 million of people all over the world and causes the death of 350,000 people every year. In Brazil, it is estimated to affect around 1.23% of the population. The disease is caused by the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), an enveloped virus from the Flaviviridae family and Hepacivirus gender with a single stranded positive RNA genome…