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H. Fridjonsdottir

Researcher at Reykjavík University

Publications -  2
Citations -  558

H. Fridjonsdottir is an academic researcher from Reykjavík University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Disease burden & Hepatitis C. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 526 citations.

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The present and future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with today's treatment paradigm.

A. Sibley, +127 more
TL;DR: The current treatment rate and efficacy are not sufficient to manage the disease burden of hepatitis C virus and alternative strategies are required to keep the number of HCV individuals with advanced liver disease and liver‐related deaths from increasing.
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Strategies to manage hepatitis C virus infection disease burden - Volume 3

Faleh Z. Al-Faleh, +126 more
TL;DR: A 90% reduction in total HCV infections within 15 years is feasible in most countries studied, but it required a coordinated effort to introduce harm reduction programmes to reduce new infections, screening to identify those already infected and treatment with high cure rate therapies.