Rate of new US hepatitis C infections rises threefold in the past decade, CDC says
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The annual rate of newly reported hepatitis C infections in the United States has increased threefold, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new CDC report finds that the annual rate rose from a rate of 0.3 cases per 100,000 people in 2009 to a rate of 1.2 per 100,000 people in 2018. That report also makes new recommendations for all adults to get screened for hepatitis C at least once in their lifetimes.
The new Vital Signs report included data on confirmed acute hepatitis C cases between 2009 and 2018 from the CDC’s National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. Hepatitis C is the most commonly reported bloodborne infection in the United States.
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