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Randomised controlled trial conducted in injecting equipment provision sites to compare the effectiveness of different hepatitis C treatment regimens in people who inject drugs: A Direct obserVed therApy versus fortNightly CollEction study for HCV treatment—ADVANCE HCV protocol study

INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus (HCV) that can seriously damage the liver and is spread mainly through blood-to-blood contact with an infected person. Over 85% of individuals who have HCV in Scotland became infected following injecting drug use. Since people who inject drugs (PWID)...

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Autores principales: Inglis, Sarah K, Beer, Lewis JZ, Byrne, Christopher, Malaguti, Amy, Robinson, Emma, Sharkey, Christian, Gillings, Kirsty, Stephens, Brian, Dillon, John F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029516