Toward Elimination of Hepatitis C Infection: How Best to Address Gaps in the Cascade of Care?

Because of the changing demographics of hepatitis C, screening for viral hepatitis should be done routinely in all pregnant woman. This process should include linkage to care. The best elimination strategy would incorporate universal screening for hepatitis C in all individuals over the age of 18.[I...

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Autores principales: Prabhakar, Vijay, Kwo, Paul Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31497738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1403
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spelling pubmed-67197532019-09-06 Toward Elimination of Hepatitis C Infection: How Best to Address Gaps in the Cascade of Care? Prabhakar, Vijay Kwo, Paul Y. Hepatol Commun Editorials Because of the changing demographics of hepatitis C, screening for viral hepatitis should be done routinely in all pregnant woman. This process should include linkage to care. The best elimination strategy would incorporate universal screening for hepatitis C in all individuals over the age of 18.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6719753/ /pubmed/31497738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1403 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Hepatology Communications published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc., on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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