New HCV testing guidelines aim to increase screening among exposed infants

From 2010 to 2020, less than half of perinatally exposed infants were tested for hepatitis C virus, according to a study, but experts are hopeful that new early testing guidelines will ensure more infants are screened and treated.
HCV infections quadrupled from 0.3 per 100,000 population in 2009 to 1.2 per 100,000 population in 2018, according to Ezzeldin Saleh, MD, FIDSA, FAAP, and Marcela Rodriguez, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialists from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Infection rates were especially high among people aged 20 to 29 years (3.1 per 100,000

From 2010 to 2020, less than half of perinatally exposed infants were tested for hepatitis C virus, according to a study, but experts are hopeful that new early testing guidelines will ensure more infants are screened and treated.
HCV infections quadrupled from 0.3 per 100,000 population in 2009 to 1.2 per 100,000 population in 2018, according to Ezzeldin Saleh, MD, FIDSA, FAAP, and Marcela Rodriguez, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialists from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Infection rates were especially high among people aged 20 to 29 years (3.1 per 100,000