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Identification And Linkage To Care Of Hcv-Infected Persons In Five Health Centers-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012-2014, Catelyn Coyle, Mph
Identification And Linkage To Care Of Hcv-Infected Persons In Five Health Centers-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012-2014, Catelyn Coyle, Mph
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Approximately three million persons in the United States are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), a blood-borne pathogen that is an increasing cause of liver disease and mortality in the United States (1,2). Treatments for HCV are curative, of short duration, and have few associated side effects (3), increasing the importance of identifying HCV-infected persons. Many persons with HCV infection were infected decades ago, before implementation of prevention measures and most are unaware of their infection, regardless of when it occurred (4). Most newly diagnosed cases are associated with injection drug use (5). Persons born during 1945–1965 have a fivefold …