A Birth-cohort testing intervention identified hepatitis c virus infection among patients with few identified risks: a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on December 01, 2015

Authors

William N Southern1,2,3, Brianna Norton4,5, Meredith Steinman6,7, Joseph DeLuca8,9, Mari-Lynn Drainoni10, Bryce D Smith11, Alain H Litwin12,13

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Hospital Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, 10467, NY, USA. wsouther@montefiore.org.
2: Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. wsouther@montefiore.org.
3: Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. wsouther@montefiore.org.
4: Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. bnorton@montefiore.org.
5: Division of General Internal Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, 10467, NY, USA. bnorton@montefiore.org.
6: Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. mesteinm@montefiore.org.
7: Division of General Internal Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, 10467, NY, USA. mesteinm@montefiore.org.
8: Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.
9: Division of General Internal Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, 10467, NY, USA.
10: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. drainoni@bu.edu.
11: Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV/Viral Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA. Bli1@cdc.gov.
12: Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. alitwin@montefiore.org.
13: Division of General Internal Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, 10467, NY, USA. alitwin@montefiore.org.

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