552 Comparing the public health burden of chronic hepatitis C and HIV infection in United States
โ Scribed by Sylvie Deuffic-Burban; John B. Wong; Thierry Poynard
- Book ID
- 119530458
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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According to the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 3.9 million of the U.S. civilian population have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), of whom 2.7 million (74%) have chronic infection. Hepatitis C virus infection is most common among non-Caucasian men, ages 30
Despite dramatic improvements in antiviral therapy for hepatitis C, there is reason to believe that the uptake of antiviral therapy remains limited. The aims of this study were to determine the number of patients being treated with antiviral therapy in the U.S., to estimate the public health impact