Testing strategy to identify cases of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and to project HCV incidence rates.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 21, 2007

Authors

Kimberly Page-Shafer1, Brandee L Pappalardo, Leslie H Tobler, Bruce H Phelps, Brian R Edlin, Andrew R Moss, Teresa L Wright, David J Wright, Thomas R O'Brien, Sally Caglioti, Michael P Busch

Author Affiliations

1: University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.

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