Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

S Bajis, GJ Dore, B Hajarizadeh… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is escalating among people who
inject drugs (PWID), yet testing and treatment remains suboptimal. The aim of this systematic …

Reflex hepatitis C virus viral load testing following an initial positive hepatitis C virus antibody test: A global systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Tao, W Tang, E Fajardo, M Cheng… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Many people who have a positive hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody (Ab) test
never receive a confirmatory HCV RNA viral load (VL) test. Reflex VL testing may help …

EASL recommendations on treatment of hepatitis C: final update of the series☆

JM Pawlotsky, F Negro, A Aghemo, M Berenguer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease, with
approximately 71 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. Clinical care for patients …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of programmatic experiences and challenges in delivery of hepatitis B and C testing in low-and middle-income countries

A Ishizaki, J Bouscaillou, N Luhmann, S Liu… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background There have been few reports on programmatic experience of viral hepatitis
testing and treatment in resource-limited settings. To inform the development of the 2017 …

Novel hepatitic C virus (HCV) diagnosis and treatment delivery systems: facilitating HCV elimination by thinking outside the clinic

S Bajis, TL Applegate, J Grebely… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The World Health Organization has set a goal to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection as public health threat by 2030. Although the advent of highly effective and …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging the electronic health record to eliminate hepatitis C: Screening in a large integrated healthcare system

AG Geboy, WL Nichols, SJ Fernandez, S Desale… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Highly efficacious and tolerable treatments that cure hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection exist
today, increasing the feasibility of disease elimination. However, large healthcare systems …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating management of hepatitis C infection into primary care: the key to hepatitis C elimination efforts

AE Wang, E Hsieh, BJ Turner, N Terrault - Journal of General Internal …, 2022 - Springer
Elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a leading cause of liver disease in the USA and
globally, has been made possible with the advent of highly efficacious direct acting antivirals …

Outcomes of a pharmacist-led hepatitis C virus treatment program in an urban safety-net health system, Chicago, 2017-2019

BR Hunt, H Cetrone, S Sam… - Public Health Reports, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective A recommendation in March 2020 to expand hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening to
all adults in the United States will likely increase the need for HCV treatment programs and …

[HTML][HTML] Building a hepatitis C clinical program: strategies to optimize outcomes

A Zuckerman, A Carver, CA Chastain - Current treatment options in …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of review An increasing number of specialists and non-specialists are developing
clinical programs to treat and cure hepatitis C virus (HCV). The goal of this paper is to …

Untreated alcohol use disorder in people who inject drugs (PWID) in France: a major barrier to HCV treatment uptake (the ANRS‐FANTASIO study)

T Barré, F Marcellin, V Di Beo, J Delorme… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Although people who inject drugs (PWID) are the core at‐risk
population in the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic in industrialized countries, few initiate …