Comparison of Current US Risk Strategy to Screen for Hepatitis C Virus With a Hypothetical Targeted Birth Cohort Strategy | Zendy

Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski | Zendy; Baris Deniz | Zendy; Peter Tomanovich | Zendy; Camilla S. Graham | Zendy

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Comparison of Current US Risk Strategy to Screen for Hepatitis C Virus With a Hypothetical Targeted Birth Cohort Strategy

Author(s) -

Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski,

Baris Deniz,

Peter Tomanovich,

Camilla S. Graham

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300488

Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , population , cohort study , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , national health and nutrition examination survey , risk assessment , environmental health , demography , immunology , virus , computer security , sociology , computer science

We compared the theoretical performance of a 1-time, birth cohort strategy with the currently recommended risk strategy for screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which is undetected in an estimated 75% of 4 million affected people in the United States.

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