PRO/EDR> Hepatitis C – UK: (England) cases increase

Hepatitis C — Worldwide/Unknown
Laboratory-confirmed new diagnoses of hepatitis C infection (HCV) reported in England rose to 10 873 cases in 2012, up by more than one 3rd from the 7882 cases reported in 2010 — when statutory notification by diagnostic laboratories was 1st introduced. London accounted for 26 per cent of all cases reported in England in 2012, almost treble — at 2844 cases — the 954 reported in London in 2010. These are among the conclusions of the annual hepatitis C report published by Public Health