Deaths related to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States jumped from 11,051 in 2003 to 19,368 in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Clin Infect Dis 2016 Mar 1. [Epub ahead of print]). During the same period, deaths associated with 59 other notifiable infectious diseases, including HIV, Staphylococcus aureus, hepatitis B, tuberculosis and pneumococcal disease, decreased from a total of 24,434 in 2003 to 18,002 in 2013, the CDC
APRIL 8, 2016
Hepatitis C Deaths Up Sharply Over Past Decade
By Gina Shaw