Hepatitis C virus infection in USA: an estimate of true prevalence

@article{Chak2011HepatitisCV,
  title={Hepatitis C virus infection in USA: an estimate of true prevalence},
  author={Eric Chak and Andrew H. Talal and Kenneth E. Sherman and Eugene R Schiff and Sammy Saab},
  journal={Liver International},
  year={2011},
  volume={31}
}
The recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) sampled only the civilian, non‐institutionalized population of USA and may have underestimated the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in this country. We searched the database MEDLINE, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Center for Medicare and Medicaid and individual states Department of Corrections for all epidemiological studies regarding the prevalence of HCV in populations not sampled by the NHANES survey namely the… 
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