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Screening For Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Adolescents And Adults: Updated Evidence Report And Systematic Review For The Us Preventive Services Task Force, Roger Chou, Tracy Dana, Rongwei Fu, Bernadette Zahker, Jesse Wagner, Shaun Ramirez, Sara Grusing, Janice H. Jou
Screening For Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Adolescents And Adults: Updated Evidence Report And Systematic Review For The Us Preventive Services Task Force, Roger Chou, Tracy Dana, Rongwei Fu, Bernadette Zahker, Jesse Wagner, Shaun Ramirez, Sara Grusing, Janice H. Jou
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IMPORTANCE: A 2013 review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening found interferon-based antiviral therapy associated with increased likelihood of sustained virologic response (SVR) and an association between achieving an SVR and improved clinical outcomes. New direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens are available.
OBJECTIVE: To update the 2013 review on HCV screening to inform the USPSTF.
DATA SOURCES: Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews through February 2019, with surveillance through September 2019.
STUDY SELECTION: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and nonrandomized treatment studies of HCV …