HCV Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union

Prevalence may be higher than in the general U.S. population, and risk factors may differ.

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is 1.6% among the general U.S. population, and the most common risk factor is intravenous drug use (JW Gastroenterol Jun 13 2006). Immigrants from countries with a high prevalence of HCV infection might have an even higher prevalence of infection and might have different risk factors. To validate this theory, researchers characterized the prevalence of and risk factors for HCV infection among immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Advertisements on Russian-language U.S. cable television were used to recruit participants, who then took part in community-based HCV-screening programs in Queens and Brooklyn (the boroughs with the highest density of immigrants from the former Soviet Union in t…

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Atif Zaman, MD, MPH

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Atif Zaman, MD, MPH

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HCV Among Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union

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