Using Public Health Surveillance Data to Determine Hepatitis C Virus Exposure Among Live-Born Infants in Tennessee, 2013-2017.

Heather Wingate Lindsey SizemoreJennifer BlackZachary HethPamela TalleyStephen W PatrickCarolyn Wester

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2021)

Using data from a public health HCV surveillance system with birth certificate data may improve the identification of HCV-infected pregnant women and perinatally exposed infants. Surveillance systems that include complete reporting of all HCV RNA results can be used to distinguish past from present maternal HCV infection to focus limited public health resources on currently infected mothers and their exposed infants.

Keyphrases

public health
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
pregnant women
electronic health record
global health
big data
gestational age
hiv infected
birth weight
antiretroviral therapy
low birth weight
machine learning
physical activity
artificial intelligence
preterm infants
deep learning
preterm birth