Monday, February 20, 2017

HCV Screening Shouldn't Just Focus on At-Risk Populations

HCV Screening Shouldn't Just Focus on At-Risk Populations
FEB 20, 2017 | CAITLYN FITZPATRICK
At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2017) in Seattle, Washington, researchers from MedStar Health Research Institute in Maryland presented new data on hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive non-baby boomers.

It’s widely acknowledged that those individuals belonging to the baby boomer age group (those born between 1946 and 1964) are at higher risk of acquiring HCV infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these individuals are five times more likely to be infected with HCV. However, other at-risk populations may not be getting adequately tested for the virus.

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