Screening for hepatitis C at the emergency department: Should babyboomers also be screened in Belgium?

Background & Aims Patients are not screened adequately for hepatitis C virus infection in Belgium. In the USA, the Center for Disease Control recommends screening for patients born in the babyboom period (1945‐1965). In Europe, the babyboom cohort was born between 1955 and 1974, but no screening policy has been targeted to this group. We aimed to study the prevalence of hepatitis C virus in an emergency department population in Belgium and the risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection. Method We performed a monocentric, cross‐sectional seroprevalence study between January an... Mehr ...