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标题：Refocusing Hepatitis C Prevention Through Geographic Viral Load Analyses
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作者：Ryan M. Arnold ; Biru Yang ; Qi Yu 等
期刊名称：Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
电子版ISSN：1947-2579
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：University of Illinois at Chicago
摘要：Approximately 2.7 million Americans live with chronic Hepatitis C; however, most jurisdictions have limited surveillance and prevention efforts due to a lack of resources. Using passive surveillance of HCV viral loads, geographic, principal component, and linear regression analyses were performed on average HCV viral load by ZIP code. The analyses found correlations with percent of families in poverty and percent African American and showed HCV log values (IU/mL) ranging from 4.58 to 6.95. These could be viable methods of identifying areas of decreased HCV suppression and increased risk for HCV transmission; however, the application of these analyses must be evaluated.