Hepatitis C virus infection among adolescents and young adults:Massachusetts, 2002-2009
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mmwr morbidity and mortality weekly report2011Vol. 60pp. -
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2011mmwr.hepatitis
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States. Of the estimated 2.7--3.9 million persons with active HCV infection, most were born during 1945--1964 and likely were infected during the 1970s and 1980s, before the advent of preve …