Association between neighborhood-level overall social vulnerability and cumulative incidence of reported hepatitis C virus infection in Los Angeles County from 2018 to 2023
Lack of health insurance and access to vehicles correlated with increased reported hepatitis C incidence, while greater racial and ethnic diversity was associated with decreased reported hepatitis C incidence. Integrating social and epidemiologic data can help identify neighborhoods with characteristics associated with hepatitis C incidence.
Authors
- Myles Cockburn
- Chrysovalantis Stafylis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-1130)
- L. W. Thompson
- Albert John Farias
- Prabhu Gounder
- Mirna Jewell
- Jeffrey D. Klausner
- Melissa Lee Wilson
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Global and Public Health
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-026-00246-1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00