Incidence and Transmission Patterns of Acute Hepatitis C in the United States, 1982-2006
Ian T. Williams;Beth P. Bell;Wendi Kuhnert;Miriam J. Alter;
archives of internal medicine2011Vol. 171pp. 242-248
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Abstract
Background Monitoring disease incidence and transmission patterns is important to characterize groups at risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Clinical cases generally represent about 20% to 30% of all newly acquired infections. Methods We used sentinel surveillance to determine incidence and transmission patterns for acute hepatitis C in the...