Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore
Despite significant advancements in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, the majority of individuals infected with HCV remain undiagnosed. We report on senior citizen center-based HCV testing in Baltimore, which revealed a 9.4% prevalence of infection. Our data suggest that community-based HCV testin...
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pubmed-47533482016-02-16 Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore Falade-Nwulia, Oluwaseun Irvin, Risha McAdams-Mahmoud, Ayesha Mehta, Shruti H. Niculescu, Alexander Lasola, Jackline Baker, Dorcas Eppel, Arnold Chaulk, Patrick Page, Kathleen R. Sulkowski, Mark Thomas, David Brief Reports Despite significant advancements in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, the majority of individuals infected with HCV remain undiagnosed. We report on senior citizen center-based HCV testing in Baltimore, which revealed a 9.4% prevalence of infection. Our data suggest that community-based HCV testing and linkage to care in appropriate settings is feasible and high yield. Oxford University Press 2016-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4753348/ /pubmed/26885546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv217 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com. |
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Falade-Nwulia, Oluwaseun Irvin, Risha McAdams-Mahmoud, Ayesha Mehta, Shruti H. Niculescu, Alexander Lasola, Jackline Baker, Dorcas Eppel, Arnold Chaulk, Patrick Page, Kathleen R. Sulkowski, Mark Thomas, David |
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Falade-Nwulia, Oluwaseun Irvin, Risha McAdams-Mahmoud, Ayesha Mehta, Shruti H. Niculescu, Alexander Lasola, Jackline Baker, Dorcas Eppel, Arnold Chaulk, Patrick Page, Kathleen R. Sulkowski, Mark Thomas, David Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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Falade-Nwulia, Oluwaseun Irvin, Risha McAdams-Mahmoud, Ayesha Mehta, Shruti H. Niculescu, Alexander Lasola, Jackline Baker, Dorcas Eppel, Arnold Chaulk, Patrick Page, Kathleen R. Sulkowski, Mark Thomas, David |
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Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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Senior Center-Based Hepatitis C Screening in Baltimore |
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senior center-based hepatitis c screening in baltimore |
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Despite significant advancements in hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments, the majority of individuals infected with HCV remain undiagnosed. We report on senior citizen center-based HCV testing in Baltimore, which revealed a 9.4% prevalence of infection. Our data suggest that community-based HCV testing and linkage to care in appropriate settings is feasible and high yield. |
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