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Title Eliminating the public health problem of hepatitis B and C in the United States : phase one report / Gillian J. Buckley and Brian L. Strom, editors ; Committee on a National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Published Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]

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Summary Hepatitis B and C cause most cases of hepatitis in the United States and the world. The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of world's hepatocellular carcinoma and more than half of all fatal cirrhosis. In 2013 viral hepatitis, of which hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the most common types, surpassed HIV and AIDS to become the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. The world now has the tools to prevent hepatitis B and cure hepatitis C. Perfect vaccination could eradicate HBV, but it would take two generations at least. In the meantime, there is no cure for the millions of people already infected. Conversely, there is no vaccine for HCV, but new direct-acting antivirals can cure 95 percent of chronic infections, though these drugs are unlikely to reach all chronically-infected people anytime soon. This report, the first of two, examines the feasibility of hepatitis B and C elimination in the United States and identifies critical success factors. The phase two report will outline a strategy for meeting the elimination goals discussed in this report
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes This activity was supported by Contract No. 10002774 with the US Department of Health and Human Services [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project
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Subject Hepatitis B -- United States -- Prevention
Hepatitis C -- United States -- Prevention
Hepatitis B -- prevention & control
Hepatitis C -- prevention & control
Hepatitis B -- drug therapy
Hepatitis C -- drug therapy
Antiviral Agents -- therapeutic use
Viral Hepatitis Vaccines -- therapeutic use
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Hepatitis B -- Prevention
Hepatitis C -- Prevention
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Buckley, Gillian J., editor.
Strom, Brian L., editor.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on a National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C, issuing body.
ISBN 9780309437998
0309437997
9780309438001
0309438004