Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, October 16, 1998 / Vol. 47 / No. RR-19

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• Alternative Title:
  Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Alter, Miriam J. ; Margolis, Harold S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  These recommendations are an expansion of previous recommendations for the prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection that focused on screening and follow-up of blood, plasma, organ, tissue, and semen donors (CDC. Public Health Service inter-agency guidelines for screening donors of blood, plasma, organs, tissues, and semen for evidence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. MMWR 1991;40[No. RR-41;1-17). The recommendations in this report provide broader guidelines for a) preventing transmission of HCV; b) identifying, counseling, and testing persons at risk for HCV infection; and c) providing appropriate medical evaluation and management of HCV-infected persons. Based on currently available knowledge, these recommendations were developed by CDC staff members after consultation with experts who met in Atlanta during July 15-17, 1998. This report is intended to serve as a resource for health-care professionals, public health officials, and organizations involved in the development, delivery, and evaluation of prevention and clinical services.
• Subjects:
  DNA, Viral / Analysis Hepacivirus / Isolation & Purification Hepatitis C, Chronic / Blood Hepatitis C, Chronic / Epidemiology Hepatitis C, Chronic / Prevention & Control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional Risk Factors Serologic Tests
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 1998; v. 47, no. 19
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Pubmed ID:
  9790221
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  54 pdf pages
• Volume:
  47
• Issue:
  19
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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