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https://dora.health.qld.gov.au/qldresearchjspui/handle/1/11096| Title: | Demonstration of Near-Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Among a Prison Population: The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project | Authors: | Bartlett, Sofia R Fox, Penny Cabatingan, Harris Jaros, Anissa Gorton, Carla Lewis, Rhondda Priscott, Eugene Dore, Gregory J Russell, Darren |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Sofia R Bartlett, Penny Fox, Harris Cabatingan, Anissa Jaros, Carla Gorton, Rhondda Lewis, Eugene Priscott, Gregory J Dore, Darren B Russell, Demonstration of Near-Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Among a Prison Population: The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 67, Issue 3, 1 August 2018, Pages 460–463, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy210 | Journal Title: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | 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%. | DOI: | 10.1093/cid/ciy210 | Keywords: | HCV;prison;DAAs;elimination;treatment as prevention | Type: | Journal article |
| Appears in Sites: | Cairns & Hinterland HHS Publications Queensland Health Publications |
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