Community screening for hepatitis C virus infection in a low-prevalence population

• Main Authors: Karen K. Kyuregyan (Author), Elena Yu. Malinnikova (Author), Natalia V. Soboleva (Author), Olga V. Isaeva (Author), Anastasia A. Karlsen (Author), Vera S. Kichatova (Author), Ilya A. Potemkin (Author), Elena V. Schibrik (Author), Olga A. Gadjieva (Author), Boris A. Bashiryan (Author), Natalya N. Lebedeva (Author), Igor L. Serkov (Author), Anna Yankina (Author), Claudio Galli (Author), Mikhail I. Mikhailov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Age cohort screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) might be an effective strategy if the majority of undiagnosed cases are concentrated in a particular age group. The objective of this study was to determine HCV prevalence in different age cohorts of the general population in the C...