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Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations
BACKGROUND: Switzerland recommends individuals who originate from high-prevalence countries to be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, not all these persons are equally at risk. We thus aimed to describe the number and characteristics of persons with HCV infection born outside of...
Autores principales: | Bertisch, Barbara, Giudici, Fabio, Negro, Francesco, Moradpour, Darius, Müllhaupt, Beat, Moriggia, Alberto, Estill, Janne, Keiser, Olivia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4882055/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27227332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155464 |
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