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Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: How Universal Is Universal?
Clin Ther. 2020 Jul 22;S0149-2918(20)30322-2. doi: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2020.06.012.Online ahead of print.
Ravi Jhaveri1
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1Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Box 20, Chicago, IL, USA. Electronic address: ravi.jhaveri@northwestern.edu.
Abstract
In March and April of 2020, public health authorities issued major updates to screening recommendations for hepatitis C virus infection. With the rise in cases driven by injection drug use coupled with access to highly effective therapies promising a cure, all adults aged ≥18 years should receive one-time hepatitis C virus antibody screening in any health care setting. Although the recommendation is dubbed "universal," this commentary reviews the details of the recommendations and discusses the high-risk populations not entirely captured with these changes.