Screening for hepatitis C at the emergency department: Should babyboomers also be screened in Belgium?
Rob BielenCécile KremerÖzgür Muhammet KocDana BusschotsDiana M HendrickxPascal VanelderenNiel HensFrederik NevensGeert RobaeysPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Although the prevalence of hepatitis C virus Ab at the emergency department was higher than previously estimated for the general population in Belgium, the number of newly diagnosed patients with viremia was low. To optimize screening strategies, screening should be offered to males born in the 1955-1974 cohort, but especially in drug users, the prison population and immigrants from high endemic countries.