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Infectious Disease Snapshots: 6 Studies for Primary Care

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How prevalent is use of antibiotics without a prescription? How effective is HCV treatment in people who inject drugs? See snapshots of these study results and 4 more.

These 6 short takes offer details on recent studies that looked at prevalence of antibiotic use without a prescription; HBV screening during pregnancy; feasibility of HCV treatment among PWID; poor outcomes in older adutls with encephalitis; and, reasons for vaccination hesitancy. 

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