Beyond Risk Factors: Rethinking Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Screening in Primary Care
Risk factor-based screening for HBV and HCV in primary care is a suboptimal approach. More than half of the patients testing positive lacked identifiable risk factors or elevated ALT levels. Universal one-time screening for all adults could address these limitations and significantly advance viral hepatitis elimination efforts.
Authors
- Ariadna Rando‐Segura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-7286)
- Artur Dalfó Pibernat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-3715)
- María Asunción Úbeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3264-6127)
- Elena Vargas‐Accarino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2521-0368)
- Carla Ventosa
- Meritxell Llorens-Revull (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-8907)
- Adriana Palom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0130-1302)
- Judit Romero‐Vico
- Ingrid Arcusa
- María Buti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9620-9812)
- Eva de Diego
- Imma Valls
- Eduardo Villa Pallares
- M. Selvi
- Núria García
- Elena Monserrate
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Hospital de Sant Pau (ES)
- Consorci d’Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (ES)
- Hospital Universitario San Rafael (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Liver International
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.70330
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III