title: Emergency Department Screening for Hepatitis C Virus: Geographic Reach and Spatial Clustering in Central Alabama.
abstract: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a growing problem, disproportionately affecting those born between 1945 and 1965. Here, we demonstrate the wide geographic reach and surveillance potential of emergency department-based screening and identify areas of elevated HCV infection in central Alabama that were socioeconomically disadvantaged compared with surrounding communities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.
authors.forename: Ricardo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine.
authors.forename: Henry E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine.
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Galbraith
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000407:Alabama; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: emergency department; epidemiology; geography; hepatitis C; screening