Wednesday, 5 July 2017

PRO/EDR> Hepatitis C - USA (08): (VA) unlicensed tattooing, RFI

Hepatitis C -- United States
"Although injection drug use (IDU) and blood transfusions prior to 1992 are well-accepted risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, many studies that evaluated tattooing as a risk factor for HCV infection did not control for a history of IDU or transfusion prior to 1992. In this large, multicenter, case-control study, we analyzed demographic and HCV risk factor exposure history data from 3871 patients, including 1930 with chronic HCV infection (HCV RNA-positive) and 1941 HCV-negative

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2tRn4IP

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