Q J Med 2004; 97: 549-550
QJM vol. 97 no. 8 © Association of Physicians 2004; all rights reserved.
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Improving general practitioners' knowledge of chronic hepatitis C infection
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Sir,
Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects over 170 million individuals worldwide1 and is a major healthcare concern in the UK. Primary care physicians are often the first health-care professionals to see infected individuals. In the UK, general practitioners (GPs) still have little knowledge about hepatitis C, despite a public campaign,2 this is comparable
Hepatobiliary Group
Department of General Practice and Primary Care Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry London e-mail: g.r.foster@qmul.ac.uk