The Changing Epidemiology of Liver Disease Among US Children and Adolescents From 1999 to 2016.
Jie LiMichael H LeMonique T BarakatRamsey C CheungMindie H NguyenPublished in: The American journal of gastroenterology (2021)
Although HBV prevalence has decreased in recent years among US children and adolescents, HCV and possible NAFLD have increased. Public health efforts must seek further understanding of the driving factors of this increase so that age-appropriate interventions can be developed and implemented.