Viral hepatitis is a major public health threat and a leading cause of death worldwide.
Annual mortality from viral hepatitis is similar to that of other major infectious diseases such …

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ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC HCV INFECTION, AND HCV SIMPLIFIED …

Worldwide, the increasingly dominant model of laboratory testing is the centralised
laboratory, in which automation of analytical processes increases, enabling the analysis of …

Background Despite the widespread availability of curative treatment with direct-acting
antivirals, a significant proportion of people with HCV remain undiagnosed and untreated …

Background & Aims HCV affects about 71 million people worldwide with 1.75 million new
infections a year, mainly associated with healthcare, blood transfusion before screening of …

Background Catalonia requires decentralized and simplified strategies for the diagnosis of
viremic HCV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID). We aimed to perform a direct …

The global health challenge posed by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)
persists, especially in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), where underdiagnosis of …

Clinical efforts and research on liver diseases have been scarce in sub-Saharan Africa. The
first Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (Nairobi, Sept 13–15, 2018), gathering all …

The early diagnosis of active hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a significant barrier to
the treatment of the disease and to preventing the associated significant morbidity and …

Over 71 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide, and
approximately 400,000 global deaths result from complications of untreated chronic HCV …