Hepatitis C, The Disease, Epidemiology, Treatment, Eradication Part 3: United States Epidemiology

CONTINENTAL US MAP OF ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HEPATITIS C CASES FROM 2013-2016 HepVu.org Hepatitis C is the leading blood borne infection, and the number one cause of liver disease in the United States. The Center for Disease Control estimates that 2.7 million people in the US are currently living with a chronic Hepatitis C Virus infection with about 17,000 new chronic cases developing each year. The incidence of acute hepatitis C is equally concerning and has more than doubled since 2013. Though the national burden of hepatitis C presents an urgent public health emergency on its own, stratified data […]

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