TY - JOUR AU - Coppola, Nicola AU - Alessio, Loredana AU - Onorato, Lorenzo AU - Sagnelli, Caterina AU - Macera, Margherita AU - Sagnelli, Evangelista AU - Pisaturo, Mariantonietta PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/15 TI - Epidemiology and management of hepatitis C virus infections in immigrant populations JO - Infectious Diseases of Poverty SP - 17 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - At present, there is a continuous flow of immigrants from the south of the world to north-western countries. Often immigrants originate from areas of high-prevalence of viral hepatitis and pose a challenge to the healthcare systems of the host nations. Aims of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and virological and clinical characteristics of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in immigrants and the strategies to identify and take care of the immigrants infected with HCV. SN - 2049-9957 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0528-6 DO - 10.1186/s40249-019-0528-6 ID - Coppola2019 ER -