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. 2013 May 16;368(20):1859-61.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1302973.

Hepatitis C in the United States

Scott D Holmberg  1 , Philip R Spradling, Anne C Moorman, Maxine M Denniston
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Hepatitis C in the United States

Scott D Holmberg et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)–Infected Persons in the United States and Estimated Rates of Detection, Referral to Care, and Treatment
Percentages in parentheses are percentages of the total estimated HCV-infected population (3.2 million persons).
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