Testing for the hepatitis C virus at the time of outpatient endoscopy could be an effective way to find baby boomers whose infection is going undetected, researchers have found.
Reaching baby boomers with undiagnosed HCV infection is an important challenge. Of HCV cases undiagnosed in the United States, an estimated 75% fall into this demographic category, bounded by birth years between 1945 and 1965.
The new study found that point-of-care testing at the time of endoscopy could increase screening