These data indicate an emerging US epidemic of HCV infection among young nonurban persons of predominantly white race. Reported incidence was higher in 2012 than 2006 in at least 30 states, with largest increases in nonurban counties east of the Mississippi River. Prescription opioid abuse at an early age was commonly reported and should be a focus for medical and public health intervention.

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews (JPCRR) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose mission is to communicate clinical and bench research findings, with the goal of improving the quality of human health, the care of the individual patient, and the care of populations.

These results prompted MDH to increase efforts to provide education to birth registrars on the importance of hepatitis B vaccine data on the birth certificate and to promote regular transmission of hospital vaccination data to the IIS.

Social network diagramming should be considered a practical and important public health tool for use in cluster management.

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