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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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