Viral Hepatitis Prevalence in Two Cognitively Different Risk Groups
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Hepatic and extra-hepatic sequelae, and prevalence of viral hepatitis C infection estimated from routine data in at-risk groups
BACKGROUND Concerns about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are due to the high risk of chronic liver disease and poor treatment efficacy. Synthesizing evidence from multiple data sources is becoming widely used to estimate HCV-infection prevalence. This paper aims to estimate the prevalence of HCV infection, and the hepatic and extrahepatic sequelae in at-risk groups, using routinely collected data ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Viral Hepatitis Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1307-9441,2147-2939
DOI: 10.4274/vhd.galenos.2019.2019.0018