Evaluation of the MSMR Surveillance Case Definition for Incident Cases of Hepatitis C.

The validity of military hepatitis C virus (HCV) surveillance data is uncertain due to the potential for misclassification introduced when using administrative databases for surveillance purposes. The objectives of this study were to assess the validity of the surveillance case definition used by the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR) for HCV, the over and underestimation of cases from surveillance data, and the true burden of HCV disease in the U.S.

Obesity prevalence among active component service members prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, January 2018-July 2021.

This study examined monthly prevalence of obesity and exercise in active component U.S. military members prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diagnosis of hepatitis C infection and cascade of care in the active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2020.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates are rising in the U.S. despite widely available tools to identify and effectively treat nearly all of these cases.