Emergency Department Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: Geographic Reach and Spatial Clustering in Central Alabama. - PubMed - NCBI

Emergency Department Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: Geographic Reach and Spatial Clustering in Central Alabama. - PubMed - NCBI

Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 1;62(5):613-6. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ984. Epub 2015 Nov 26.

Emergency Department Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: Geographic Reach and Spatial Clustering in Central Alabama.

Donnelly JP1, Franco RA2, Wang HE3, Galbraith JW3.

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Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a growing problem, disproportionately affecting those born between 1945 and 1965. Here, we demonstrate the wide geographic reach and surveillance potential of emergency department-based screening and identify areas of elevated HCV infection in central Alabama that were socioeconomically disadvantaged compared with surrounding communities.

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KEYWORDS:

emergency department; epidemiology; geography; hepatitis C; screening

PMID:

 

26611776

 

PMCID:

 

PMC5006126

 

DOI:

 

10.1093/cid/civ984

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