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Hep C infection poses global public health threat to reproductive-age women


Both acute hepatitis C (AHC) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis incidence were up substantially globally from 1990 to 2019 in reproductive-aged women, according to a study published online April 19 in the Journal of Global Health. Yanzheng Zou, from the School of Public Health at Nanjing Medical University in China, and colleagues used data from the Global Burden of Disease study to examine the global incidence and temporal trends (1990 to 2019) of AHC and HCV-related cirrhosis among women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years). The researchers found Read More