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Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review
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In the direct acting antiviral treatment era, well-designed studies evaluating interventions to enhance a simplified care cascade are crucial in facilitating treatment scale-up.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Drug Policy.The article was published on 2017-09-01. It has received 158 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Clinical trial.read more
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Characterising the policy influence of peer-based drug user organisations in the context of hepatitis C elimination
Graham Brown,Graham Brown,Graham Brown,Gari-Emma Perry,Jude Byrne,Sione Crawford,Charles Henderson,Annie Madden,Roanna Lobo,Daniel Reeders +9 more
TL;DR: If the HCV prevention and treatment system is to reach PWID living with HCV and achieve HCV elimination goals, then policy and health services need to invest in strengthening peer-based drug user organisations as well as recognise, value and act on quality policy advice from PWID peer leadership.
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High proportions of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in an ageing population of people who use drugs in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Daniela K van Santen,Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff,Judith Cartier van Dissel,Jonie P D Martens,Marc van der Valk,Maria Prins +5 more
TL;DR: Increased uptake of HCV treatment and interventions to reduce alcohol use are needed to decrease the liver disease burden in this population of PWUD.
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Engaging people who inject drugs in hepatitis C virus testing and prevention through community-based outreach, in Sydney, Australia.
Heidi Coupland,Bethany White,Bethany White,Anna Bates,Ju Nyeong Park,Jenny Iversen,Lisa Maher +6 more
TL;DR: Outreach is an effective strategy for engaging new initiates to injecting and CALD PWID in HCV testing and decision-making about treatment, and findings highlight the need to increase availability and access to HCV ribonucleic acid testing for PWID.
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A Colocalized Hepatitis C Virus Clinic in a Primary Care Practice Improves Linkage to Care in a High Prevalence Population
TL;DR: A high seroprevalence of chronic Hepatitis C is found within the clinic population and it is demonstrated that a Hep atitis C clinic integrated into a primary care center increases linkage to care for patients with chronic HepAtitis C.
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Validation of hepatitis C virus RNA detection using capillary blood by finger prick (GenXpert system)-Hepatitis C fingerprick study.
Rob Bielen,Özgür M Koc,Özgür M Koc,Dana Busschots,Rita Verrando,Frederik Nevens,Geert Robaeys,Geert Robaeys +7 more
TL;DR: This study validates the excellent performance of the GenXpert instrument to assess HCV RNA in capillary whole blood by finger prick in a PWID cohort.
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The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration
Alessandro Liberati,Douglas G. Altman,Jennifer Tetzlaff,Cynthia D. Mulrow,Peter C Gøtzsche,John P. A. Ioannidis,Mike Clarke,Mike Clarke,Philip J. Devereaux,Jos Kleijnen,David Moher +10 more
TL;DR: An Explanation and Elaboration of the PRISMA Statement is presented and updated guidelines for the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses are presented.
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ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.
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The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration
Alessandro Liberati,Douglas G. Altman,Jennifer Tetzlaff,Cynthia D. Mulrow,Peter C Gøtzsche,John P. A. Ioannidis,Mike Clarke,Mike Clarke,Philip J. Devereaux,Jos Kleijnen,David Moher +10 more
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The Spectrum of Engagement in HIV Care and its Relevance to Test-and-Treat Strategies for Prevention of HIV Infection
Edward M. Gardner,Margaret P. McLees,John F. Steiner,John F. Steiner,Carlos del Rio,William J. Burman +5 more
TL;DR: The spectrum of engagement in care for HIV-infected individuals in the United States is reviewed and this information is applied to help understand the magnitude of the challenges that pooragement in care will pose to test-and-treat strategies for HIV prevention.
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Global epidemiology of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in people who inject drugs: results of systematic reviews
Paul K. Nelson,Bradley Mathers,Benjamin C Cowie,Holly Hagan,Don C. Des Jarlais,Danielle Horyniak,Louisa Degenhardt,Louisa Degenhardt +7 more
TL;DR: More IDUs have anti-HCV than HIV infection, and viral hepatitis poses a key challenge to public health, which will inform efforts to prevent and treat HCV and HBV in IDUs.
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