A framework for approaching hepatitis C reinfection in people who use drugs

RG Kim, JC Price - Clinical Liver Disease, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Despite tremendous advances in the management of HCV, including the availability of a
curative treatment, an estimated 57 million people worldwide are living with chronic HCV. 1 …

Loss to follow-up of patients after antiviral treatment as an additional barrier to HCV elimination

ZM Dorota, B Michał, T Olga, JL Justyna, S Marek… - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Eliminating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections is a goal set by the World Health
Organization. This has become possible with the introduction of highly effective and safe …

Hepatitis C epidemiology and treatment outcomes in Italy: Impact of the DAA era and the COVID‐19 pandemic

MP Tramonti Fantozzi, L Ceccarelli… - Journal of Viral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
HCV infection poses a global health threat, with significant morbidity and mortality. This
study examines HCV trends in a large Italian region from 2015 to 2022, considering …

[HTML][HTML] Analysing HCV incidence trends in people who inject drugs using serial behavioural and seroprevalence data: A modelling study

C Egan, RJ Harris, HD Mitchell, M Desai… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The introduction of new direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection, has enabled the formulation of a HCV elimination strategy led by the World Health …

Are reinfections undermining HCV elimination efforts?

D Chromy, M Mandorfer - The Lancet HIV, 2024 - thelancet.com
Several countries have established cohort studies in people with HIV, enabling structured
longitudinal analysis of epidemiological trends, while minimising selection bias. People with …

Annual hepatitis C testing and positive tests among gay and bisexual men in Australia from 2016 to 2022: a serial cross-sectional analysis of sentinel surveillance data

BL Harney, R Sacks-Davis, M Traeger… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2024 - sti.bmj.com
Objective Guidelines recommend annual hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing for gay and
bisexual men (GBM) with HIV and GBM prescribed HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) …