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Risk factors, clinical features and genotype distribution of diagnosed hepatitis C virus infections: a pilot for a sentinel laboratory-based surveillance.
Communicable disease and public health - 1 Apr 2003
Balogun M A, Laurichesse H, Ramsay M E, Sellwood J, Westmoreland D, Paver W K, Pugh S F, Zuckerman M, Pillay D, Wreghitt T
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C is a global public health problem. A cross-sectional survey was undertaken to determine the frequency of reported risk factors and possible transmission routes in individuals in whom HCV antibody (anti-HCV) was newly detected. Seven public health laboratories in England and Wales reported persons with positive anti-HCV tests over a three-month period (1st November 1996-31st January 1997). A...
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