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Emergency Department Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: Geographic Reach and Spatial Clustering in Central Alabama
John P Donnelly1, Ricardo A Franco2, Henry E Wang3
1Department of Emergency Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Abstract:
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a growing problem, disproportionately affecting those born between 1945 and 1965. Here, we demonstrate the wide geographic reach and surveillance potential of emergency department-based screening and identify areas of elevated HCV infection in central Alabama that were socioeconomically disadvantaged compared with surrounding communities.
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