Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations.

Characteristics of Foreign-Born Persons in the Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study: Implications for Screening Recommendations.

BACKGROUND:Switzerland recommends individuals who originate from high-prevalence countries to be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, not all these persons are equally at risk. We thus aimed to describe the number and characteristics of persons with HCV infection born outside of...

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Main Authors: Barbara Bertisch, Fabio Giudici, Francesco Negro, Darius Moradpour, Beat Müllhaupt, Alberto Moriggia, Janne Estill, Olivia Keiser, Swiss Hepatitis C Cohort Study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4882055?pdf=render

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