Results of a Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program of the 1945–1965 Birth Cohort in a Large Emergency Department in New Jersey | Zendy

Julia Cornett | Zendy; Vimal Bodiwala | Zendy; Victor Razuk | Zendy; Devangi Shukla | Zendy; Navaneeth Narayanan | Zendy

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Results of a Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program of the 1945–1965 Birth Cohort in a Large Emergency Department in New Jersey

Author(s) -

Julia Cornett,

Vimal Bodiwala,

Victor Razuk,

Devangi Shukla,

Navaneeth Narayanan

Publication year - 2018

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/ofy065

Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , emergency department , cohort , odds ratio , viral load , retrospective cohort study , hepatitis c virus , logistic regression , hepatitis c , demography , immunology , virus , health care , psychiatry , sociology , economics , economic growth

HCV antibody seropositivity was above 6% and twice as high as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated prevalence in this birth cohort. These results indicate that EDs outside of large urban cities are also important sites for routine HCV screening. Other findings of interest include 43% with chronic HCV infection and the persistent association between black race and positive HCV viral load even when adjusted for insurance status.

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