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Author Topic: Youth Hep C Testing, Treatment Rates Are Inadequate  (Read 8244 times)

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Youth Hep C Testing, Treatment Rates Are Inadequate
« on: March 30, 2020, 12:57:59 pm »
Even as the opioid epidemic causes a surge of new cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among young people, testing for the virus in this population remains suboptimal, and actual treatment is rare.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the proportion of the U.S. hep C population that was between 15 and 24 years old increased from 3.8% in 2009 to 9.1% in 2013 to 2016. Today, the majority of new cases are among people younger than 30 years old who inject drugs. Indeed, injection drug use—specifically, the sharing of drug injection equipment—is the major risk factor for transmission among young adults.

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