[HTML][HTML] Primary care for persons who inject drugs

AJ Visconti, J Sell, AD Greenblatt - American Family Physician, 2019 - aafp.org
More than 750,000 persons in the United States inject opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine,
or ketamine, and that number is increasing because of the current opioid epidemic. Persons …

Population-level outcomes and cost-effectiveness of expanding the recommendation for age-based hepatitis C testing in the United States

JA Barocas, A Tasillo, G Eftekhari Yazdi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US
Preventive Services Task Force recommend one-time hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing for …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis C guidance 2019 update: AASLD-IDSA recommendations for testing, managing, and treating hepatitis C virus infection

AIHCG Panel - Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dr. Aronsohn has no relevant financial affiliations to disclose (updated November 12, 2019).
Dr. Bhattacharya has no relevant financial affiliations to disclose (updated November 13 …

[HTML][HTML] Global elimination of hepatitis C virus infection: Progresses and the remaining challenges

R Taherkhani, F Farshadpour - World journal of hepatology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Today, with the introduction of interferon-free direct-acting antivirals and outstanding
progresses in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection …

Hepatitis C treatment and barriers to eradication

MA Konerman, ASF Lok - Clinical and translational …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Current treatment for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is highly efficacious, well-tolerated, and of
short duration for the majority of patients. Despite the dramatic advances in therapy, there …

Confronting the emerging epidemic of HCV infection among young injection drug users

R Valdiserri, J Khalsa, C Dan… - … journal of public …, 2014 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Hepatitis C virus infection is a significant public health problem in the United States and an
important cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent reports document HCV infection …

[HTML][HTML] Health disparities in hepatitis C screening and linkage to care at an integrated health system in southeast Michigan

K Bourgi, I Brar, K Baker-Genaw - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
With recommended screening for hepatitis C among the 1945–1965 birth cohort and advent
of novel highly effective therapies, little is known about health disparities in the Hepatitis C …

Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adolescents and adults: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force

R Chou, T Dana, R Fu, B Zakher, J Wagner, S Ramirez… - JAMA, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A 2013 review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) of hepatitis
C virus (HCV) screening found interferon-based antiviral therapy associated with increased …

The new paradigm of hepatitis C therapy: integration of oral therapies into best practices

NH Afdhal, S Zeuzem, RT Schooley… - Journal of viral …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging data indicate that all‐oral antiviral treatments for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
will become a reality in the near future. In replacing interferon‐based therapies, all‐oral …

Results of a rapid hepatitis C virus screening and diagnostic testing program in an urban emergency department

DAE White, ES Anderson, SK Pfeil, TK Trivedi… - Annals of emergency …, 2016 - Elsevier
Study objective We describe the results of an emergency department (ED) hepatitis C virus
testing program that integrated birth cohort screening and screening of patients with a …