American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 8 : 778-779
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "PREVALENCE AND INCIDENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN THE US MILITARY: A SERO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC SURVEY OF 21,000 TROOPS"
Biomechanisms and Modeling Branch Air Force Research Laboratory Brooks Air Force Base, TX 78235-5250
In a seroepidemiologic study of the incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in 21,000 troops, Hyams et al. stated that the "relatively low prevalence of anti-HCV among troops who had served in the Vietnam War era is not representative of all populations of Vietnam veterans" (1
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