HCV Epidemiology & Mortality
AASLD 2013: Viral Hepatitis Epidemics in the U.S. and California
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- Category: HBV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Wednesday, 27 November 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Ronald Valdisseri described the hepatitis B and C epidemics in the U.S., the HCV cascade of care, and efforts to combat viral hepatitis at the AASLD Liver Meeting this month in Washington, DC. Public health officials in California also recently released a report on the hepatitis B and C epidemics in that state.
AASLD 2013: Viral Hepatitis Is a Leading Cause of Death Worldwide
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- Category: HCV Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Friday, 08 November 2013 00:00
- Written by AASLD
The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study -- the first to include underlying causes of deaths due to cirrhosis and liver cancer -- has identified chronic viral hepatitis as one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, according to a presentation this week at the 64th AASLD Liver Meeting in Washington, DC. About 45% of liver cancer and 30% of cirrhosis is related to chronic hepatitis B, which is endemic in much of Asia and Africa, while chronic hepatitis C and alcohol use are each responsible for about 25% of deaths.
AASLD 2013: Veterans Study Supports CDC Recommendation to Screen Baby Boomers for Hep C
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- Category: HCV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Sunday, 03 November 2013 00:00
- Written by AASLD
A study of more than 5.5 million U.S. veterans presented at the 64thAASLD Liver Meeting this week in Washington, DC, found that 10% of those born between 1945 and 1965 tested positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) -- compared with just 1%-2% of older or younger individuals -- providing support for recent recommendations that everyone in this age group should be screened for HCV regardless of risk factors.
AASLD 2013: Expanded Hepatitis C Screening Needed for Veterans, Baby Boomers, Pregnant Women
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- Category: HCV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Monday, 04 November 2013 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Two large studies of the "Baby Boom" generation in the U.S. suggest that at least 50,000 military veterans may have undiagnosed hepatitis C, and that around 80% of patients born between 1945 and 1965 receiving care through 4 large primary health care systems could be undiagnosed, according to presentations at the 64th AASLD Liver Meeting in Washington DC. Other research showed that screening pregnant women for hepatitis C on the basis of self-disclosed risk factors would have missed almost three-quarters infections in this population between 2003 and 2010.
U.S. Task Force Recommends Hepatitis C Tests for All Baby Boomers
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- Category: HCV Testing & Diagnosis
- Published on Thursday, 27 June 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) this week recommended that all residents born between 1945 and 1965 should receive hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening as part of their routine health care, strengthening a recommendation issued last fall.
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