Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease

Harvey J. Alter, M.D., Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Tomas Aragon, M.D., M.P.H., San Francisco Department of Health, San Francisco, California; James P. AuBuchon, M.D., Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Geoff Beckett, M.P.H., Maine Department of Health, Augusta, Maine; Celso Bianco, M.D., New York Blood Center, New York, New York; Robin Biswas, M.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland; Robert L. Carithers, Jr., M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington; William Cassidy, M.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jeffery P. Davis, M.D., Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services, Madison, Wisconsin; Katherine Davenny, M.P.H., National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Roger Y. Dodd, Ph.D., American Red Cross, Bethesda, Maryland; Cherie S. Evans, M.D., Blood Bank of Alameda-Contra Costa Counties, Oakland, California; Harold J. Fallon, M.D., School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; Michael E. Fleenor, M.D., Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama; Lewis M. Flint, M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Ted G. Ganiats, M.D., University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; Kathy Getz, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia; H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Seattle-King County Department of Health, Seattle, Washington; Richard E. Hoffman, M.D., M.P.H., Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, Colorado; F. Blaine Hollinger, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Harriet Homan, Multnomah County Health Department, Portland, Oregon; Jay H. Hoofnagle, M.D., M.P.H., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Leslye Johnson, Ph.D., National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Franklyn N. Judson, M.D., Denver Department of Public Health, Denver, Colorado; Richard J. Kagan, M.D., Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Louis Katz, M.D., Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, Davenport, Iowa; Newton Kendig, M.D., Federal Bureau of Prisons, Washington, DC; Peter R. Kerndt, M.D., Los Angeles County Health Services, Los Angeles, California; Marcelle Layton, M.D., Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health, New York, New York; Karen L. Lindsay, M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; Michael K. Lindsay, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Michael Meit, M.A., M.P.H., National Association of County and City Health Officials, Washington, DC; Robert W. Moon, M.P.H., Health Systems Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena, Montana; Karen Mottram, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, Washington; Jeanne C. Mowe, M.D., American Association of Tissue Banks, McLean, Virginia; Victor J. Navarro, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Richard Needle, M.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland; George Nemo, Ph.D., National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Okay Odocha, M.D., F.A.C.S., Howard University, Washington, DC; Peter L. Page, M.D., American Red Cross, Arlington, Virginia; Brian J. G. Pereira, M.D., New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Randall S. Pope, Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan; David Rimland, M.D., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia; Anthony Rodriguez, M.D., Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, Abington, Pennsylvania; Jon Rosenberg, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California; Kate Rothko, M.D., Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, DC; Patricia L. Ryder, M.D., M.P.H., Pinellas County Health Department, St. Petersburg, Florida; Eugene R. Schiff, M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; Leonard B. Seeff, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Richard Steece, Ph.D., Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors, Pierre, South Dakota; Litjen J. Tan, Ph.D., American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois; Norah Terrault, M.D., M.P.H., University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California; David Thomas, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; John Ticehurst, M.D., U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Kensington, Maryland; James C. Turner, M.D., Department of Student Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Ramona Walker, San Diego Blood Bank, San Diego, California; Steven Wiersma, M.D., Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida; Richard Whitley, M.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama; Rebecca Wurtz, M.D., Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois.

Agency Liaison Participants: William B. Baine, M.D., Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Bethesda, Maryland; David Cade, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland; James Cheek, M.D., Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Warren Hewitt, M.S. and Lucille Perez, M.D., Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Bethesda, Maryland; James Riddle, D.O.M., M.P.H., U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC; Jose L. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Maria Sjogren, M.D., Walter Reed Army Medical Center, United States Army, Washington, DC; David Trump, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC; Virginia Wanamaker, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, Maryland.