Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in youth aged 15 to 24 years : Infection au virus de l'hépatite C (VHC) chez les jeunes de 15 à 24 ans

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in youth aged 15 to 24 years At a Glance Introduction The reported rate of newly diagnosed HCV The estimated prevalence of HCV among Canadian youth aged among Canadian youth aged 15 – 24 years 15 to 24 years is low (0.2%) according to 2007 statistical modelling in 2008 was 0.02% (21.1 per 100,000. [...] This EpiUpdate presents (e.g., stealing, sex trade, dealing drugs) such information using routinely reported data of newly diagnosed High-risk sexual behaviour HCV cases from provinces and territories and from enhanced History of sexual abuse surveillance data to more closely examine the prevalence of HCV and factors associated with HCV infection among a sub-population of youth: street-involve [...] XAmong male youth IDU, having a male sex partner(s) in XFemale youth IDU who reported sex work with male the previous 6 months increased the odds of HCV sero- clients in the previous 6 months were 3 times more positivity by 4.5 times; male youth IDU who reported likely to be HCV sero-positive than those who did not sex work with male clients in the previous 6 months engage in sex work (Table 3). [...] HCV in street-involved youth The analyses presented below are restricted to street- XThe overall prevalence of HCV sero-positivity among involved youth who participated in E-SYS between 1999- youth participating in E-SYS was 4.4%; there was an 2005, consented to provide blood for HCV testing, and increase from 3.9% in 1999 to 5.2% in 2005 (p<0.05). [...] The associations (if any) of male-to-male sex and sex trade with HCV trans- The prevalence of antibody to HCV (implying present mission needs to be further explored.