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HCV Prevalence in an Urban Emergency Department

Clin Infect Dis; ePub 2016 Feb 21; Lyons, et al

Publish date:: March 4, 2016

HCV infection is highly prevalent in emergency departments (EDs), according to a study of blood samples and self-reported health information from 924 consecutive ED patients. Researchers found:

• HCV antibody was found in 14% of blood samples.

• Of those, 34% self-reported a history of HCV or hepatitis of unknown type and 81% were RNA positive.

• 2 additional patients were antibody negative but RNA positive.

• Fully implemented birth cohort screening for HCV antibody would have missed 28% of patients with detectable antibody and 25% of patients with replicative HCV infection.

Citation: Lyons MS, Kunnathur VA, Rouster SD, et al. Prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed hepatitis C in a midwestern urban emergency department. [Published online ahead of print February 21, 2016]. Clin Infect Dis. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw073.

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