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Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force by Chou, Roger (author);Dana, Tracy (author);Fu, Rongwei (author);Zakher, Bernadette (author);Wagner, Jesse (author);Ramirez, Shaun (author);Grusing, Sara (author);Jou, Janice H. (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force about?
## Importance: A 2013 review for the us preventive services task force (uspstf) of hepatitis c virus (hcv) screening found interferon-based antiviral therapy associated with increased likelihood of sustained virologic response (svr) and an association between achieving an svr and improved clinical outcomes. new direct-acting antiviral (daa) regimens are available. ## Objective: To update the 2013 review on hcv screening to inform the uspstf. ## Data sources: Ovid medline, the cochrane central register of controlled trials, and the cochrane database of systematic reviews through february 2019, with surveillance through september 2019. ## Study selection: Randomized clinical trials (rcts) and nonrandomized treatment studies of hcv screening and daa therapy; cohort studies on screening, antiviral therapy, and the association between an svr after antiviral therapy and clinical outcomes. ## Data extraction and synthesis: One investigator abstracted data; a second checked accuracy. two investigators independently rated study quality. ## Main outcomes and measures: Mortality, morbidity, quality of life, screening and treatment harms, and screening diagnostic yield. ## Results: Eight rcts
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- Author
- Chou, Roger (author);Dana, Tracy (author);Fu, Rongwei (author);Zakher, Bernadette (author);Wagner, Jesse (author);Ramirez, Shaun (author);Grusing, Sara (author);Jou, Janice H. (author)
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)