1291Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic Based Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care
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1291. Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic Based Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, MD, MPH; Shruti Mehta, PhD, MPH; Jackline Lasola, ScM; C. Patrick Chaulk, MD, MPH; Khalil G. Ghanem, MD, PhD; Kathleen Page, MD; David Thomas, MD, MPH, FIDSA; Mark Sulkowski, MD; Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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