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SUBMITTER: Chaillon A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188080 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chaillon Antoine A Rand Elizabeth B EB Reau Nancy N Martin Natasha K NK
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20191101 11
<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C virus' (HCV) chronic prevalence among pregnant women in the United States doubled nationally from 2009-2014 (~0.7%), yet many cases remain undiagnosed. Screening pregnant women is not recommended by the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite new American Association For the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) guidelines recommending screening for this group. We assessed ...[more]