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SUBMITTER: Boudova S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846293 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Boudova Sarah S Mark Katrina K El-Kamary Samer S SS
Open forum infectious diseases 20180217 3
Current guidelines recommend only hepatitis C virus (HCV) risk-based screening during pregnancy. We examined screening practices at a major medical center and found inconsistent risk-based screening and the presence of HCV among women with no known risk factors. We make a case for the implementation of universal HCV screening during pregnancy. ...[more]