Demonstration of near-elimination of hepatitis C virus among a prison population: the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project
Bartlett, Sofia R., Fox, Penny, Cabatingan, Harris, Jaros, Anissa, Gorton, Carla, Lewis, Rhondda, Priscott, Eugene, Dore, Gregory J., and Russell, Darren B. (2018) Demonstration of near-elimination of hepatitis C virus among a prison population: the Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 67 (3). pp. 460-463.
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Abstract
Micro-elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection through rapid uptake of government-funded direct-acting antiviral therapy within an Australian prison setting is demonstrated. During a 22-month period, 119 patients initiated treatment for chronic HCV infection, with HCV in-prison viremic prevalence declining from 12% to 1%.
| Item ID: | 55032 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Keywords: | HCV, prison, DAAs, elimination, treatment as prevention |
| Copyright Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. All rights reserved. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2018 07:40 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320211 Infectious diseases @ 100% |
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