This month’s “On the Spot” digs into debates surrounding hepatitis B and C. First up is screening—who should be screened, who should be screening and what is the best method of screening for various patient subsets? Next is transplantation and vaccine use, and we also tackle the recent and highly controversial report from the Cochrane Collaboration, which found that not all patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) should be treated for cure.
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