Bartlett SR, Fox P, Cabatingan H, Jaros A, Gorton C, Lewis R, Priscott E, Dore GJ, Russell DB. Demonstration of Near-Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus Among a Prison Population: The Lotus Glen Correctional Centre Hepatitis C Treatment Project.
Clin Infect Dis 2019. [PMID:
29538639 DOI:
10.1093/cid/ciy210]
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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%.
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