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Fuentes A, de Salazar A, Aguilera A, Téllez F, Cervllla J, González-Domenech PJ, Gutlérrez-Rojas L, García F. HEPATITIS C VIRUS SCREENING AND LINKAGE TO CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH UNITS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HCV ELIMINATION. Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2022; 50:120-121. [PMID: 35312998 PMCID: PMC10803830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) affects approximately 71 million people infected, with 1.75 million people being diagnosed each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. HCV infection leads to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver failure and death.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana Fuentes
- Clinical Microbiology Service; Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio; Instituto de investigación ibs. Granada, Spain, CIRER infectious diseases, CIBERINFEC, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinical Microbiology Service; Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio; Instituto de investigación ibs. Granada, Spain, CIRER infectious diseases, CIBERINFEC, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
| | - Antonio Aguilera
- Clinical Microbiology Service; Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. Department of Microbiology. University of Santiago de Compostela. Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
| | - Francisco Téllez
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
| | - Jorge Cervllla
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Psychiatry Service, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- Psychiatry Service, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Psychiatry and Neurosciences Research Group (CTS-549), Institute of Neurosciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
| | - Federico García
- Clinical Microbiology Service; Hospital Universitario Clínico San Cecilio; Instituto de investigación ibs. Granada, Spain, CIRER infectious diseases, CIBERINFEC, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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