| bridgeport hospital autologous blood donation experience from 1992 to 1996. | the safety of the blood supply, an issue in the 1970s and 1980s, created an increased need to screen the blood supply for hiv-1 and hepatitis c virus infections. the possibility exists that other contamination could again affect the blood supply. this has resulted in the increased use of strategies to minimize the transfusion of allogeneic blood, such as autologous blood predeposit for elective surgical procedures. many studies indicate, however, that autologous blood donation is overutilized so ... | 1995 | 8903045 |
| hepatitis c virus infection among firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics--selected locations, united states, 1991-2000. | | 2000 | 10943253 |
| prevalence of hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in people with severe mental illness. | this study assessed seroprevalence rates of hiv, hepatitis b virus (hbv), and hepatitis c virus (hcv) among individuals with severe mental illness. | 2001 | 11189820 |
| injection drug users report good access to pharmacy sale of syringes. | to examine injection drug users (idus) opinions and behavior regarding purchase of sterile syringes from pharmacies. | 2002 | 12489619 |
| blood exposures and hepatitis c virus infections among emergency responders. | blood exposures in the workplace may put first responders, a group which includes firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, at increased risk for hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection. to determine the prevalence of antibody to hcv (anti-hcv) and risk factors for infection among first responders, we analyzed data from prevalence surveys conducted among first responders in atlanta, ga, in 1991; connecticut in 1992; and philadelphia, pa, in 1999. | 2003 | 14638560 |
| hepatitis c virus and risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma: a population-based case-control study among connecticut women. | previous epidemiologic studies of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and b-cell non-hodgkin lymphoma (b-nhl) have yielded conflicting results, perhaps due to differences in the classification of b-nhl and the choice of non-population-based control groups that may not reflect the background population prevalence of hcv. to further investigate the link between hcv and nhl, we conducted hcv testing on serum samples of 998 women (464 cases; 534 controls) from a population-based case-control study of ... | 2004 | 15006919 |
| adherence to hepatitis b virus vaccination at syringe exchange sites. | injection drug users (idus) are at high risk for hepatitis b virus (hbv); however, they often do not receive preventive vaccination. idus who use mobile health care services linked to a syringe exchange program in new haven were routinely screened for hbv, hepatitis c virus, and syphilis. individuals without prior exposure to hbv were offered three-part vaccination series. of the 212 idus screened for hbv infection, 134 (63%) were eligible (negative for hbv surface and core anti-bodies) for vacc ... | 2005 | 15746385 |
| viral hepatitis vaccination in an opioid treatment program: hartford, connecticut, 2002-2005. | hartford dispensary, a private, not-for-profit behavioral health care organization specializing in opioid treatment program services, serves more than 4,200 clients per day in seven licensed facilities. in may 2002, the dispensary began offering free combined hepatitis a and b vaccine for all eligible clients in two hartford clinics. initial eligibility criteria required a client to be hepatitis c antibody positive, hepatitis b virus (hbv) surface antigen (hbsag) negative, not pregnant, and not ... | 2007 | 17542453 |
| quantifying the burden of chronic viral hepatitis-related cirrhosis hospitalizations in new haven county, connecticut. | chronic viral hepatitis can cause cirrhosis. viral hepatitis-related cirrhosis may be causing an increasing health burden since exposure to hepatitis b virus and hepatitis c virus in the united states increased starting in the 1960s. using hospital discharge data, we estimated the number of adult new haven county residents hospitalized for cirrhosis and examined the proportion caused by chronic viral hepatitis. data on etiology were obtained from hospital discharge records, death certificate inf ... | 2008 | 18763666 |
| combined liver kidney transplantation: critical analysis of a single-center experience. | combined liver kidney transplantation (lkt) can be successfully performed on patients with liver and renal failure; however, outcomes are inferior to liver transplantation alone (olt). our aim was to determine the indications for and outcome of lkt and whether patients with longer wait times required more frequent lkt versus olt alone. we included 18/93 adults who underwent lkt from august 2007 to august 2010 for hepatitis c virus (hcv, n = 7), alcohol (n = 5), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (n = ... | 2011 | 21486624 |
| electronic matching of hiv/aids and hepatitis c surveillance registries in three states. | both hiv and hepatitis c virus (hcv) can be transmitted through percutaneous exposure to blood in similar high-risk populations. hcv and hiv/aids surveillance databases were matched in colorado, connecticut, and oregon to measure the frequency of co-infection and to characterize coinfected people. | 2011 | 21553662 |
| prevention knowledge, risk behaviours and seroprevalence among nonurban injectors of southwest connecticut. | little is known about injection-associated risk behaviours, knowledge and seroprevalence of viral infections among people who inject drugs (pwid) in nonurban locales in the us. harm reduction services are more available in urban locales. the present study examined a cohort of active pwid residing in non urban areas of connecticut to investigate how primarily injecting in urban or non urban areas was associated with injection-associated risk behaviours, knowledge and prevalence of blood-borne vir ... | 2016 | 27073014 |
| wu polyomavirus in patients infected with hiv or hepatitis c virus, connecticut, usa, 2007. | wu polyomavirus (wupyv) was detected in 10 (8.3%) of 121 hiv-positive plasma specimens, 0 (0%) of 120 hiv-negative serum specimens, and 2 (2.5%) of 79 hepatitis c virus (hcv)-positive serum specimens. ki polyomavirus was not detected in hiv-positive plasma or hcv-positive serum specimens. hiv-infected persons may be susceptible to systemic wupyv infection. | 2009 | 19624928 |
| geospatial analysis of hepatitis c in connecticut: a novel application of a public health tool. | this study aimed to use geographic information systems (gis) that facilitate analysis of associations between location, environment and disease to document the non-random distribution of hepatitis c, identify infection cluster areas, and describe the demographic characteristics of those areas. | 2005 | 16084545 |
| identification of patients with hepatitis c virus infection in new haven county primary care practices. | primary care providers (pcps) must identify persons at risk for hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection, test them correctly, refer to subspecialists, and use published guidelines. the objectives of this study were to describe hcv practices of new haven county pcps. | 2003 | 12702988 |
| prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among clients of hiv counseling and testing sites--connecticut, 1999. | hepatitis c virus (hcv) is a common chronic bloodborne virus infection that affects an estimated 2.7 million persons in the united states. hcv infection causes an estimated 8,000-10,000 deaths each year from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is the leading reason for liver transplantation. because injection drug use is a major risk factor for both human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hcv transmission, publicly funded hiv counseling and testing sites (hiv cts) may have a role in hcv pr ... | 2001 | 11475165 |
| hepatitis c practice routines among connecticut's naturopathic physicians. | | 2001 | 11570394 |
| surveillance programs for chronic viral hepatitis in three health departments. | although chronic hepatitis b and chronic hepatitis c are diseases of public health importance, only a few health departments nationally have chronic viral hepatitis under surveillance; these programs rely primarily on direct reporting by medical laboratories. we conducted an evaluation to determine if lessons from these programs can guide other health departments. between december 2002 and february 2003, we visited the connecticut department of public health, the multnomah county health departme ... | 2017 | 16416695 |
| use of fax-back surveillance to determine epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with hepatitis c in waterbury, connecticut. | hepatitis c (hcv) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease in the united states. connecticut has a registry of laboratory reported cases of hcv. these reports include limited patient-level information. using a one-page abstraction instrument, we used this registry to contact providers by fax to obtain contact, epidemiologic, and clinical information on waterbury residents with newly reported hcv. we offered to perform the data abstraction if desired by the physician. in 2004, 376 new cases of ... | 2009 | 19947058 |
| buprenorphine maintenance treatment retention improves nationally recommended preventive primary care screenings when integrated into urban federally qualified health centers. | buprenorphine maintenance therapy (bmt) expands treatment access for opioid dependence and can be integrated into primary health-care settings. treating opioid dependence, however, should ideally improve other aspects of overall health, including preventive services. therefore, we examined how bmt affects preventive health-care outcomes, specifically nine nationally recommended primary care quality health-care indicators (qhis), within federally qualified health centers (fqhcs) from an observati ... | 2015 | 25550126 |