Dual strategy involving hospital-based study and community-based screening to eliminate hepatitis C in remote areas

CONCLUSION: The hospital-based database provided a framework for identifying the villages with high anti-HCV prevalence. Additionally, community-based universal screening should be prioritized for villages with high prevalence in hospital-based databases.PMID:38195318 | DOI:10.1016/j.jfma.2024.01.005

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Chien-Hung Chen Nien-Tzu Hsu I-Chun Chen Te-Sheng Chang Shing Cheng Shi-Yann Cheng Hung-Ming Chen Ming-Rong Harn Chen-Kou Liu Mao-Ting Yang Shih-Lung Lu Chun-Mei Tseng Sheng-Nan Lu Source Type: research