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The CDC in the US is now recommending that US citizens born between 1945 and 1965 are tested for Hepatitis C, as below.
The full recommendations can be accessed here: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr6104.pdf
CDC now recommends that all U.S. baby boomers get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus. Data show that 1 in 30 baby boomers has been infected with hepatitis C and this population is five times more likely than other adult Americans to be infected with the virus. In addition, more than 15,000 Americans, most of them baby boomers, die of hepatitis C-related illness each year.CDC has put together a digital press kit full of helpful resources for your readers, viewers, and listeners. This kit includes key messages, charts, related links, and quotes from CDC hepatitis C experts. (http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2012/dpk0830-hepC.html ).
Michael Wishart
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I’m told that the relevant proportion of Australian baby boomers who are positive for hep C is 1 in 50.
John
Dr John Ferguson
Infectious Diseases & Microbiology
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, 2300
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Subject: Updated: CDC Expanded Hepatitis C Testing RecommendationsI thought this may be of interest to list subscribers.
The CDC in the US is now recommending that US citizens born between 1945 and 1965 are tested for Hepatitis C, as below.
The full recommendations can be accessed here: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr6104.pdf
CDC now recommends that all U.S. baby boomers get a one-time test for the hepatitis C virus. Data show that 1 in 30 baby boomers has been infected with hepatitis C and this population is five times more likely than other adult Americans to be infected with the virus. In addition, more than 15,000 Americans, most of them baby boomers, die of hepatitis C-related illness each year.CDC has put together a digital press kit full of helpful resources for your readers, viewers, and listeners. This kit includes key messages, charts, related links, and quotes from CDC hepatitis C experts. (http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2012/dpk0830-hepC.html ).
Michael Wishart
CNC Infection Control
Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
627 Rode Road, Chermside, Qld 4032
t: (07) 3326 3068 | f: (07) 3326 3523
e: Michael.Wishart@hsn.org.au
w:www.holyspiritnorthside.org.au
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