Developing and Piloting a Standardized European Protocol for Hepatitis C Prevalence Surveys in the General Population (2016-2019)

• Main Authors: Ida Sperle (Author), Stine Nielsen (Author), Viviane Bremer (Author), Martyna Gassowski (Author), Henrikki Brummer-Korvenkontio (Author), Roberto Bruni (Author), Anna Rita Ciccaglione (Author), Elena Kaneva (Author), Kirsi Liitsola (Author), Zlatina Naneva (Author), Tanya Perchemlieva (Author), Enea Spada (Author), Salla E. Toikkanen (Author), Andrew J. Amato-Gauci (Author), Erika Duffell (Author), Ruth Zimmermann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A robust estimate of the number of people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is essential for an appropriate public health response and for monitoring progress toward the WHO goal of eliminating viral hepatitis. Existing HCV prevalence studies in the European Union (EU)/Europ...