CDC Recommendations for Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults — United States, 2020

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. HCV is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or body fluids that contain blood, most commonly through injection drug use. No vaccine against hepatitis C exists and no effective pre- or postexposure prophylaxis is available. More than half of persons who become infected with HCV will develop chronic infection. Direct-acting antiviral treatment can result in a virologic cure in most persons with 8-12 weeks of all-oral medication regimens. This report augments (i.e., updates and summarizes) previously published recommendations from CDC regarding testing for HCV infection in the…

• JH
  Johns Hopkins University
• CF
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• OO
  Office of Science
• NC
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• NC
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention