Consistent high prevalence of undiagnosed blood‐borne virus infection in patients attending large urban emergency departments in England

Understanding local viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiology is essential if WHO elimination targets are to be achieved. We demonstrate a consistently high prevalence of undiagnosed active infection in urban emergency department attendees in England, with variations in local risk groups crucial to infor...

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Autores principales: Hopkins, Mark J., Todd, Stacy, Beadsworth, Mike, Anderson, Charlotte, Mohamed, Zameer, Muir, David, Vivancos, Roberto, Brown, Ashley S., Ruf, Murad, Chawla, Anu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6972612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31448490
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13197
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Sumario:Understanding local viral hepatitis and HIV epidemiology is essential if WHO elimination targets are to be achieved. We demonstrate a consistently high prevalence of undiagnosed active infection in urban emergency department attendees in England, with variations in local risk groups crucial to informing targeted testing initiatives.

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