Open AccessReview of hepatitis C screening programs for immigrants in Spain from endemic countries
Author(s) -
María Ester Alarcón Linares,
María RomayBarja,
Alberto Torres Cantero,
Ana RequenaMéndez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6916/2020
Subject(s) - medicine , immigration , public health , population , environmental health , geography , pathology , archaeology
hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening strategies in European countries do not usually include the migrant population from endemic countries as a target group for screening. The aim of this study is to describe and to evaluate HCV screening strategies for the migrant population residing in Spain and to compare the differences at a regional level.