Hepatitis C cirrhosis: New perspectives for diagnosis and treatment

Table 1 Centers of disease control recommendations on hepatitis C virus infection screening in the general population[17]

Birth between 1945-1965 without identifiable risk factors

History of illegal drug use

Receipient for clotting factors before 1987

Receipients for blood transfusion or solid organ transplantation before 1992

Received hemodialysis

Health-care workers after needle sticks

All HIV-positive individuals

Signs and symptoms of liver disease

Children born to HCV positive mothers

Elevated liver function tests

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus.