The burden of hepatitis C infection in a Southern Brazilian State

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to estimate the burden of hepatitis C in Santa Catarina, Brazil. METHODS An ecologic study was carried out to estimate the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) by summing the number of years of life lost and the number of years lived with disability. RESUL...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Traebert, Kátia Regina de Bona Porton Fratoni, Letícia Cabral Domingos da Rosa, Eliane Traebert, Ione Jayce Ceola Schneinder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822018000500670&lng=en&tlng=en