Underascertainment of acute hepatitis c virus infections in the U.S. Surveillance system a case series and chart review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 254-261

  Onofrey, Shauna ^a   Aneja, Jasneet ^b   Haney, Gillian A ^a   Nagami, Ellen H ^a   DeMaria, Alfred ^a   Lauer, Georg M ^b   Hills Evans, Kelsey ^b   Barton, Kerri ^a   Kulaga, Stephanie ^b   Bowen, Melinda J ^c   Cocoros, Noelle ^d   McGovern, Barbara H ^a   Church, Daniel R ^a   Kim, Arthur Y ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Health Care   (United States)

^d HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEPATITIS C; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; ACUTE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939494025     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2939     Document Type: Article

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