Italian screening protocol and genotypes characterization for HCV elimination (2022-2023) in Ferrara's province: a real-world study.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a worldwide health hazard, and in chronic form (nowadays affecting 50 million people - World Health Organization data) can be lethal. To forestall it, preventive screening is a mandatory approach. Since 2021, Italy conducts a national-wide screening program to eliminate the virus from its population. The team perfected an innovative method throughout the period between 2022 and 2023, to answer that medical necessity and map HCV genotypes. The medical protocol has introduced a dedicated double invitation model for the adherents, with consequential pre-prepared medical consumables allocated. The population was divided in three separate groups: born between 1969 and 1989, addiction services, and prison. Two screening levels were carried out: anti-HCV antibodies (ind

SUBMITTER: Landini N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890607 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature