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Hepatitis C Infections
Risk factors for hepatitis C infection are increased among adolescents in detention
December 29th, 2005
In a recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study that reported that risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are increased among adolescents in detention. R.M. Bair and colleagues, Indiana University, wrote that the study was designed "to assess the prevalence and correlates of HCV infection in a sample of detained adolescents, a cross-sectional prevalence study with 10- to 18-year-old adolescents who were consecutively admitted to a juvenile detention center in San Antonio, Texas." "Of the 1002 participants, 75% were Hispanic and the mean age was 15 years. Twenty adolescents had laboratory data consistent...
Source: Blood Weekly (2005-12-29)
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