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Low Yield of Hepatitis C Infection in an Outreach Screening Program in Harris County, Texas

Authors :
Hashem B. El-Serag
Aaron P. Thrift
Catherine L Troisi
Shane W Reader
Rosalia Guerrero
Hyun-Seok Kim
Maya Balakrishnan
Maria Daheri
Source :
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2020.

Abstract

A community outreach hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection screening program provided low yield of detecting HCV-infected patients, linking them to our hepatology clinic for treatment. Our data underscore that most of the yield was related to addiction centers and birth cohort; these groups should be targeted by future interventions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23288957
Volume :
7
Issue :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4f0320c844a09a1f4b41d5f07cc98c89