An Easy-to-Implement Risk Score for Targeted Hepatitis C Virus Testing in the General Population

An Easy-to-Implement Risk Score for Targeted Hepatitis C Virus Testing in the General Population

ABSTRACT Despite the effectiveness of available treatments, hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a major public health problem, mainly due to the high percentage of undiagnosed individuals. We aim to create an easy-to-implement risk score to facilitate targeted HCV testing in the general population. This...

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Main Authors: Javier Martínez-Sanz, María Jesús Vivancos-Gallego, Borja Manuel Fernández-Felix, Alfonso Muriel, Pilar Pérez-Elías, Almudena Uranga, Beatriz Romero, Juan Carlos Galán, Santiago Moreno, María Jesús Pérez-Elías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
hepatitis C virus
targeted screening
risk factors
score
testing
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02286-21

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02286-21

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