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

HyunSeok Kim | Zendy; Rosalía Guerrero Cantarell | Zendy; Shane W. Reader | Zendy; Maria Daheri | Zendy; Maya Balakrishnan | Zendy; Catherine Troisi | Zendy; Hashem B. El–Serag | Zendy; Aaron P. Thrift | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

HyunSeok Kim,

Rosalía Guerrero Cantarell,

Shane W. Reader,

Maria Daheri,

Maya Balakrishnan,

Catherine Troisi,

Hashem B. El–Serag,

Aaron P. Thrift

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa191

Subject(s) - medicine , outreach , hepatology , hepatitis c virus , psychological intervention , cohort , hepatitis c , family medicine , yield (engineering) , virology , virus , psychiatry , political science , law , materials science , metallurgy

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.

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