Emerging Epidemic of Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Young Nonurban Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2006–2012

Suryaprasad, Anil; Z. White, Jianglan; Xu, Fujie; Eichler, Beth-Ann; Hamilton, Janet; Patel, Ami; Bel Hamdounia, Shadia; Church, Daniel; Barton, Kerri; Fisher, Chardé; Macomber, Kathryn; Stanley, Marisa; M. Guilfoyle, Sheila; Sweet, Kristin; V. Liu, Stephen; Iqbal, Kashif; A. Tohme, Rania; Sharapov, Umid; A. Kupronis, Benjamin; W. Ward, John; D. Holmberg, Scott

doi:10.1093/cid/ciu643

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Emerging Epidemic of Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Young Nonurban Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2006–2012

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Aug 11, 2014

Authors:

Anil Suryaprasad

Jianglan Z. White

Fujie Xu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Reports of acute hepatitis C in young persons in the United States have increased. We examined data from national surveillance and supplemental case follow-up at selected jurisdictions to describe the US epidemiology of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among young persons (aged ≤30 year...

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Medicine

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Epidemiology

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