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Author Topic: Hep C Testing Following HIV Diagnosis Needs to Increase  (Read 8934 times)

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Hep C Testing Following HIV Diagnosis Needs to Increase
« on: November 04, 2020, 11:02:50 am »
People newly diagnosed with HIV are subsequently tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) at a suboptimal rate.

Guidelines recommend that all people living with HIV receive hep C testing.

Investigators reached this conclusion by analyzing data from the 2003 to 2017 IBM Watson Health MarketScan database, which included information on 46,277 people newly diagnosed with HIV during that time. The study authors published their findings in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/hep-c-testing-following-hiv-diagnosis-needs-increase

 


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