GHOST: global hepatitis outbreak and surveillance technology

GHOST: global hepatitis outbreak and surveillance technology

Abstract Background Hepatitis C is a major public health problem in the United States and worldwide. Outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections associated with unsafe injection practices, drug diversion, and other exposures to blood are difficult to detect and investigate. Effective HCV outbrea...

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Main Authors: Atkinson G. Longmire, Seth Sims, Inna Rytsareva, David S. Campo, Pavel Skums, Zoya Dimitrova, Sumathi Ramachandran, Magdalena Medrzycki, Hong Thai, Lilia Ganova-Raeva, Yulin Lin, Lili T. Punkova, Amanda Sue, Massimo Mirabito, Silver Wang, Robin Tracy, Victor Bolet, Thom Sukalac, Chris Lynberg, Yury Khudyakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
HVR1
HCV
Liver cancer
Threshold
Transmission
Outbreak detection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4268-3

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