[書籍][B] Updated recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children with chronic HCV infection, and HCV simplified service delivery and HCV diagnostics

World Health Organization - 2022 - books.google.com
Page 1 World Health Organization UPDATED RECOMMENDATIONS ON TREATMENT OF
ADOLESCENTS AND CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC HCV INFECTION, AND HCV SIMPLIFIED …

We have reached single-visit testing, diagnosis, and treatment for hepatitis C infection, now what?

J Grebely, S Matthews, LM Causer, JJ Feld… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Progress toward hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination is impeded by low testing
and treatment due to the current diagnostic pathway requiring multiple visits leading to loss …

Opportunities for enhanced prevention and control of hepatitis C through improved screening and testing efforts

EJ Cartwright, PR Patel - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024 - academic.oup.com
An estimated 2.4 million people in the United States are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection. In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated hepatitis C …

Utility of a one-step screening and diagnosis strategy for viremic HCV infection among people who inject drugs in Catalonia

V Saludes, A Antuori, C Folch, N González… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In Catalonia (Spain), people who inject drugs (PWID) face numerous
barriers to access to mainstream healthcare services for hepatitis C confirmatory diagnosis …

High rates of early HCV reinfection after DAA treatment in people with recent drug use attended at mobile harm reduction units

J Valencia, A Alvaro-Meca, J Troya, G Cuevas… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims The World Health Organization recently called for the
elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and has identified people who inject drugs (PWID) as …

In‐field evaluation of Xpert® HCV viral load Fingerstick assay in people who inject drugs in Tanzania

Z Mohamed, J Mbwambo, J Rwegasha… - Liver …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although novel hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA point‐of‐care technology has the
potential to enhance the diagnosis in resource‐limited settings, very little real‐world …

Assessing molecular point-of-care testing and dried blood spot for hepatitis C virus screening in people who inject drugs

S Chevaliez, M Wlassow, J Volant… - Open Forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Injecting drug use is a major driver of hepatitis C virus (HCV) spread worldwide,
and the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified people who inject drugs (PWID) as …

Usefulness of dried blood spot samples for monitoring hepatitis C treatment outcome and reinfection among people who inject drugs in a test‐and‐treat program

A Not, V Saludes, M Gálvez, A Miralpeix… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dried blood spots (DBS) are a reliable tool to diagnose viremic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection. We evaluated the clinical performance of a DBS‐based molecular assay for the …

Tools needed to support same-day diagnosis and treatment of current hepatitis C virus infection

GP Fricker, MG Ghany, J Mera… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The current multiday diagnosis and treatment paradigm for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
results in far fewer patients receiving treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents than those …

What is needed to move toward single-step diagnosis of current HCV infection?

JJ Feld - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Despite remarkable therapeutic advances, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection continues to be
a major global problem. While the development of highly effective direct-acting antivirals has …