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Surveillance for Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a global public health problem. Globally, an estimated 170 million persons (3 % of the world’s population) have been infected with the hepatitis C virus, and an estimated 350,000 persons die annually from complications of chronic hepatitis C. Furthermore, an increasing trend in hepati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120481/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2410-3_6 |
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author | Ly, Kathleen N. Hughes, Elizabeth M. Jiles, Ruth B. Klevens, R. Monina Roberts, Henry Teshale, Eyasu |
author_facet | Ly, Kathleen N. Hughes, Elizabeth M. Jiles, Ruth B. Klevens, R. Monina Roberts, Henry Teshale, Eyasu |
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description | Hepatitis C is a global public health problem. Globally, an estimated 170 million persons (3 % of the world’s population) have been infected with the hepatitis C virus, and an estimated 350,000 persons die annually from complications of chronic hepatitis C. Furthermore, an increasing trend in hepatitis C mortality in the USA was observed over the last decade; in 2007, mortality associated with hepatitis C surpassed mortality associated with HIV. As the hepatitis C epidemic continues, it is increasingly important to accurately measure hepatitis C-related morbidity and mortality in order to inform public health programs and policies and prioritize and evaluate prevention efforts. This chapter provides an overview of hepatitis C surveillance and methods used in the USA with some examples from other countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-71204812020-04-06 Surveillance for Hepatitis C Ly, Kathleen N. Hughes, Elizabeth M. Jiles, Ruth B. Klevens, R. Monina Roberts, Henry Teshale, Eyasu Global Virology I - Identifying and Investigating Viral Diseases Article Hepatitis C is a global public health problem. Globally, an estimated 170 million persons (3 % of the world’s population) have been infected with the hepatitis C virus, and an estimated 350,000 persons die annually from complications of chronic hepatitis C. Furthermore, an increasing trend in hepatitis C mortality in the USA was observed over the last decade; in 2007, mortality associated with hepatitis C surpassed mortality associated with HIV. As the hepatitis C epidemic continues, it is increasingly important to accurately measure hepatitis C-related morbidity and mortality in order to inform public health programs and policies and prioritize and evaluate prevention efforts. This chapter provides an overview of hepatitis C surveillance and methods used in the USA with some examples from other countries. 2015-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7120481/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2410-3_6 Text en © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Ly, Kathleen N. Hughes, Elizabeth M. Jiles, Ruth B. Klevens, R. Monina Roberts, Henry Teshale, Eyasu Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title | Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title_full | Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title_fullStr | Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title_full_unstemmed | Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title_short | Surveillance for Hepatitis C |
title_sort | surveillance for hepatitis c |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7120481/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2410-3_6 |
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