Estimating HCV prevalence at the state level: A call to increase and strengthen current surveillance systems

R. Hart-Malloy, A. Carrascal, A.G. DiRienzo, C. Flanigan, K. McClamroch and L. Smith

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 8, 1402-1405

Abstract: The degree to which case surveillance captures persons ever infected with HCV is unknown. We determined the discrepancy between HCV seroprevalence, estimated from national survey data, among adults in New York State in 2008 (n = 286 262, or 1.95%) and the number of infected persons reported to the state's surveillance hepatitis registries (n = 144 015). Findings suggest the need to strengthen the existing surveillance system. © 2013 American Journal of Public Health.

Keywords: adult; aged; article; female; health survey; hepatitis C; human; male; middle aged; nutrition; prevalence; register; United States, Adult; Aged; Female; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition Surveys; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Registries; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301231

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