Baby boomers and hepatitis c.
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Why every baby boomer should be tested for hep c.
One in 30 baby boomers born between 1945 through 1965 has.
Most people with acute hepatitis c eventually develop chronic hepatitis c.
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Publishing their findings in the lancet infectious diseases researchers analyzed 45 316 sequences of genotype 1a of hep c which is the dominant strain in north america.
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People born between 1945 and 1965 are considered baby boomers a generation group that s also five times more likely to have hepatitis c than other people.
Baby boomers and hep c.
If all baby boomers got tested for the virus though.
The scientists concluded that hep c saw its greatest infection rates between 1940 and 1965.
Hepatitis c is a viral infection that is spread through contact with infected blood.
With promising new drugs for hepatitis c on the horizon those infected with the blood borne virus can now be treated and cured especially if detected early.
Gilead s hep c blockbusters are in freefall and its pool of eligible patients has shrunk dramatically thanks to the success of its meds.
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The reasons for this are not well understood.
Although anyone can get hep c more than 75 of adults infected are baby boomers people born between 1945 and 1965.
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The generation of americans born between 1945 and 1965 are often referred to as baby boomers a name earned by the temporary spike in the birth rate that occurred in several countries following wwii notably in the u s.
Baby boomers should get a one time blood test for the hepatitis c virus the cdc says.
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