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Combination Interventions to Prevent HCV Transmission Among People Who Inject Drugs: Modeling the Impact of Antiviral Treatment, Needle and Syringe Programs, and Opiate Substitution Therapy

Background. Interventions such as opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high-coverage needle and syringe programs (HCNSP) cannot substantially reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID). HCV antiviral treatment may prevent onward transmission. We project the impac...

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Autores principales: Martin, Natasha K., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Goldberg, David J., Vickerman, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3722076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23884064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit296