Emergency department testing is feasible but ineffective to eliminate hepatitis C in Denmark.

Jessica Jennifer Wentworth Anne Lindebo Holm Øvrehus Janne Fuglsang HansenPeter BiesenbachPeer Brehm Christensen

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2021)

The risk factor of injecting drug use had the highest yield for HCV-Ab positivity. Additional risk factors did not contribute to case-finding. This screening strategy was feasible but ineffective. Further testing strategies will be necessary to identify the remaining hepatitis C patients in Denmark.

Keyphrases

risk factors
emergency department
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
hepatitis c virus
peritoneal dialysis
human immunodeficiency virus
adverse drug