Roberta D'Ambrosio, Sara Piccinelli, Benedetta Beccalli, Angiola Spinetti, Massimo Puoti, Stefano Fagiuoli, Carlo Federico Magni, Andrea Vavassori, Paolo Sacchi, Silvana Castaldi, Giulia Bombardieri, Claudio Farina, Sabrina Buoro, Alessandro Amorosi, Matteo Corradin, Danilo Cereda, Pietro Lampertico
BACKGROUND AND AIM: The World Health Organization (WHO) goal of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) elimination by 2030 rose awareness about the need of screening plans, worldwide. In Italy, graduated screening starting from people born in 1969-1989 might be the most-effective strategy. We performed an opportunistic HCV screening study in the general population attending health facilities in Lombardy region, Northern Italy. METHODS: This is a prospective, multicenter, territory-wide, opportunistic study supported by the Regional Government of Lombardy, Italy...
September 16, 2023: Liver International: Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver