The burden of hepatitis C in the United
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W. Ray Kim
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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