1. 2014 French guidelines for hepatitis B and C screening: a combined targeted and mass testing strategy of chronic viruses namely HBV, HCV and HIV
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Sylvie Deuffic-Burban, Cécile Brouard, Daniel Dhumeaux, Johann Volant, Julie Bottero, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Armand Abergel, Philippe Hofliger, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut de Veille Sanitaire (INVS), Service de santé publique [Mondor], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Henri Mondor-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12), Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Inflammation: mécanismes et régulation et interactions avec la nutrition et les candidoses, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille, Droit et Santé, Département d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Médecine Générale (DERGM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis - Faculté de Médecine (UNS UFR Médecine), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Service d'Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, CHU Estaing [Clermont-Ferrand], CHU Clermont-Ferrand-CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Fédération SOS Hépatites, Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie [APHP Henri Mondor], Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), HAL-UPMC, Gestionnaire, Services des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales [CHU Saint-Antoine], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS)
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Adult ,Male ,Test strategy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Testing ,HIV Infections ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Liver disease ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pregnancy ,[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases ,Epidemiology ,medicine ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,Mass screening ,Hepatology ,Transmission (medicine) ,business.industry ,virus diseases ,Middle Aged ,Hepatitis B ,medicine.disease ,Hepatitis C ,digestive system diseases ,3. Good health ,Pregnancy Trimester, First ,Practice Guidelines as Topic ,Immunology ,[SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases ,Screening ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,France ,business ,Viral hepatitis - Abstract
International audience; Backround & AimsWorldwide and, to a lesser extent, in France, a minority of individuals infected with hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) is aware of its status. Given the current availability of highly effective anti-HBV and anti-HCV agents, the high rate of undiagnosed people, associated with individual and community prejudices (liver disease worsening, persistence of a hidden transmission reservoir, and medico-economic burden of delayed care), is unacceptable.MethodsOn the occasion of the first French general report on viral hepatitis, new recommendations for HBV and HCV testing were issued. We aim to introduce the new French strategy for HBV and HCV screening, and to describe the underlying epidemiological data.ResultsThese recommendations comprise various items. First, the screening of chronic viruses namely HBV, HCV and HIV should be quasi-systematically combined. Second, the targeted screening of groups at risk of viral exposure must be strengthened. Third, routine testing for each of these three viruses should be offered at least once to men of 18 to 60 years old who had never been tested. In parallel, in pregnant women, in addition to HIV-HBV screening currently recommended, HCV testing should be routinely performed during the first trimester of pregnancy.In order to best achieve the target populations, community initiatives that propose testing actions should be encouraged, particularly those including rapid point-of-care tests.ConclusionsOverall, these recommendations aim to define a comprehensive testing strategy for chronic viral infections, emphasizing both targeted screening and mass screening and considering jointly HBV, HCV and HIV.
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- 2016
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