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Hepatitis C infections rise dramatically in Massachusetts young people
Infection Control Monitor, May 11, 2007
Hepatitis C infections among
Health officials have warned doctors across the state to screen and educate patients about the bloodborne disease. The rise in cases of hepatitis C, an illness most often spread by drug needles contaminated with the virus, coincides with a period of epidemic heroin use in
Confirmed and suspected case of hepatitis C among 15- to 25-year-olds climbed from 254 in 2001 to at lest 784 in 2005. To combat the trend, the state has established pilot programs at community health centers and at
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