Hepatitis C prevalence and risk factors in Georgia, 2015: setting a baseline for elimination

• Main Authors: Liesl M. Hagan (Author), Ana Kasradze (Author), Stephanie J. Salyer (Author), Amiran Gamkrelidze (Author), Maia Alkhazashvili (Author), Gvantsa Chanturia (Author), Nazibrola Chitadze (Author), Roena Sukhiashvili (Author), Marina Shakhnazarova (Author), Steven Russell (Author), Curtis Blanton (Author), Giorgi Kuchukhidze (Author), Davit Baliashvili (Author), Susan Hariri (Author), Stephen Ko (Author), Paata Imnadze (Author), Jan Drobeniuc (Author), Juliette Morgan (Author), Francisco Averhoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The country of Georgia launched the world's first Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Elimination Program in 2015 and set a 90% prevalence reduction goal for 2020. We conducted a nationally representative HCV seroprevalence survey to establish baseline prevalence to measure progress tow...