Association of Individual and Community Factors With Hepatitis C Infections Among Pregnant People and Newborns
Published in: JAMA Health Forum, Volume 2, No. 10 (October 2021). doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3470
Posted on RAND.org on March 29, 2022
US hepatitis-C viral infections are a known complication of opioid abuse and have serious consequences for pregnant women. Infections among pregnant women grew fastest among White and American Indian/Alaska Native people without a 4-year degree.
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