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- Title
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in US Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the NHANES 2007-2010 and HCHS/SOL studies.
- Authors
Kuniholm, Mark H; Jung, Molly; Everhart, James E; Cotler, Scott; Heiss, Gerardo; McQuillan, Geraldine; Kim, Ryung S; Strickler, Howard D; Thyagarajan, Bharat; Youngblood, Marston; Kaplan, Robert C; Ho, Gloria Y F
- Abstract
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody has been reported in Mexican Americans, but its prevalence in other US Hispanic/Latino groups is unknown. We studied 2 populations of US Hispanic/Latino adults; 3210 from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2010 and 11 964 from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Age-standardized prevalence of HCV antibody was similar in NHANES 2007-2010 (1.5%) and HCHS/SOL (2.0%) but differed significantly by Hispanic/Latino background in HCHS/SOL (eg, 11.6% in Puerto Rican men vs 0.4% in South American men). These findings suggest that the HCV epidemic among US Hispanics/Latinos is heterogeneous.
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 209, Issue 10, p1585
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/infdis/jit672