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The Time Is Now to Improve Surveillance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 5:45 PM
Berkeley, Sheraton Hotel
Ruth B. Jiles , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Scott D. Holmberg , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Key Objectives:

  • provide state and local epidemiologists with surveillance and epidemiologic information about the increases in the number of cases of acute HCV infection reported to CDC.
  • discuss the rationale for updating and simplifying the case definitions for acute and past/present or chronic HCV infection.

 

  • discuss developing a surveillance case definition for perinatal HCV transmission; and

 

  • receive updates and feedback from state and local epidemiologists about the importance of and barriers to reporting newly diagnosed past/present or chronic cases of HCV infection to CDC.  This information is needed to estimate the potential cost of treating persons who are chronically infected with HCV.  

Brief Summary:
Staff from the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) will present findings from analyses of surveillance data, provide updates about laboratory testing recommendations and the most recent testing algorithm for hepatitis C, and solicit collaborators to work on a plan for implementing surveillance for perinatal HCV transmission. State and local epidemiologists who attend this round table will be encouraged to share their experiences with regard to increases in acute cases of HCV infection among young adults, application of the current and proposed CSTE/CDC surveillance case definitions for acute and past/present HCV infection, and recommendations for developing a case definition for perinatal HCV transmission. 

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