To the Editor—We read with interest the study by Patel et al [1], in which they used 2013–2017 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data to assess hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing coverage for the 1945–1965 birth cohort in the United States. The authors reported that HCV testing for this birth cohort was low, with a peak of only 17% in 2017. An overall improvement in HCV testing is needed, and a settings-based perspective may be useful for guiding interventions [2].

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在美国基于队列的出生队列丙型肝炎病毒检测的优先级划分

致编辑-我们感兴趣地阅读了Patel等人的研究[1]，他们在研究中使用了2013-2017年美国国家卫生访问调查（NHIS）数据评估了1945-1965年出生人群的丙型肝炎病毒（HCV）测试覆盖率在美国。作者报告说，该出生队列的HCV测试很低，在2017年仅达到17％的峰值。需要对HCV测试进行全面改进，基于环境的观点可能有助于指导干预措施[2]。