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Caren Mangarelli1,2, Preethi Raghupatruni1,2, Tomitra Latimer1,2
1Division of Advanced General Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing is recommended for all adults 18 years and older to increase identification of those with infection and facilitate prompt referral for curative antiviral therapy. While critical to promote elimination, this strategy excludes a key demographic group who are clearly at risk of undetected HCV infection and who could benefit from early treatment: adolescents. In this paper, we review the available data on the burden of HCV and the close association with injection drug use, discuss the rationale of universal testing in adolescents and, finally, present data from a quality improvement project implementing HCV testing into routine adolescent health visits.
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