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Is Screening Baby Boomers for HCV Enough? A Call to Screen for Hepatitis C Virus in Persons from Countries of High Endemicity
Asselah T1, Perumalswami PV, Dieterich D. Liver Int. 2014 May 20. doi: 10.1111/liv.12599. [Epub ahead of print]
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1Centre de Recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI), INSERM UMR 1149, Université Paris Diderot, and Service d'Hépatologie, AP-HP Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a current global prevalence rate of approximately 2-3%, representing approximately 130-180 million infected individuals [1, 2]. Persons chronically infected with HCV are at risk of chronic hepatitis and of developing serious hepatic complications such as cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver failure.