Accurate infection awareness important but over half infected with hepatitis B or C didn't know
Seventy per cent of the about 138,600 Canadians infected with hepatitis C
based on blood tests did not know they had the virus, Statistics Canada
says.
Wednesday's results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey come amid
calls for baby boomers to be screened with a one-time test for hepatitis
C infection (HCV), which liver specialists say can be eradicated if
treated early.
Labels: awareness, Canada, epidemiology