Epidemiology, Disease Burden, and Treatment Strategies of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infections in Saudi Arabia in the New Treatment Paradigm Shift

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Around 101,000 individuals are estimated to be viremic for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2014; however, only about 20% have been diagnosed. We aim to assess baseline epidemiology, disease burden, and evaluate strategies to eliminate HCV in K...

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Autores principales: Aljumah, Abdulrahman A., Abaalkhail, Faisal, Al-Ashgar, Hamad, Assiri, Abdullah, Babatin, Mohamed, Al Faleh, Faleh, Alghamdi, Abdullah, Al-Hakeem, Raafat, Hashim, Almoataz, Alqutub, Adel, Razavi, Homie, Sanai, Faisal M., Al-Swat, Khalid, Schmelzer, Jonathan, Altraif, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Special Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488321
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.187609

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27488321
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.187609

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