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Study: Few HCV-infected heroin users linked to outpatient care
Despite the ease of access to hepatitis C virus screening and the availability of curative therapies, linkage to care after detection of infection...
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Report laid groundwork for ending the public health problem of viral hepatitis
The United States can end hepatitis B and C transmission and prevent related morbidity and mortality given enough time, resources, and will to...
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Hepatitis C virus transmission peaked in 1950
Key clinical point: Iatrogenic factors, rather than high-risk behaviors, were the most likely cause of the exponential spread of hepatitis C virus...
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Grim projections for hepatitis C disease burden in the U.S.
Unless screening and treatment capacity for hepatitis C virus infection are expanded, associated disease burdens are projected to remain high,...
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Hepatitis Outlook: March 2016
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Privacy measure inadvertently suppresses substance abuse data
Compared with data available before the policy change, afterward there was an immediate and substantial reduction. Inpatient diagnosis rates...
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Test all kidney transplant patients for hepatitis E
All kidney transplant recipients with abnormal liver function test results should be tested for hepatitis E virus RNA, according to a recent...
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HCV risk sixfold higher with HIV
Key clinical point: Individuals with HIV have a sixfold greater likelihood of also being infected with hepatitis C virus. Major finding: The odds...
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Birth-cohort HCV testing misses one-quarter of infections
Key clinical point: CDC recommendations for birth-cohort and high-risk screening for hepatitis C infection may miss one-quarter of infections....
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Lessons from the Indiana HIV/HCV outbreak
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FDA revises Olysio label after adverse reactions in East Asian patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revised labeling for a hepatitis C drug after adverse reactions were experienced by East Asian patients...