Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is curable, but incarcerated populations face barriers to treatment. In a cohort of incarcerated hospitalized patients in Boston, Massachusetts, HCV infection was associated with increased mortality. Access to HCV treatment in carceral settings is crucial to avoid unnecessary...

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Autores principales: Wurcel, Alysse G, Guardado, Rubeen, Beckwith, Curt G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab579
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spelling pubmed-86844482021-12-20 Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts Wurcel, Alysse G Guardado, Rubeen Beckwith, Curt G Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is curable, but incarcerated populations face barriers to treatment. In a cohort of incarcerated hospitalized patients in Boston, Massachusetts, HCV infection was associated with increased mortality. Access to HCV treatment in carceral settings is crucial to avoid unnecessary death and to support HCV elimination efforts. Oxford University Press 2021-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8684448/ /pubmed/34934776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab579 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title_full Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title_fullStr Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title_short Hepatitis C Virus Is Associated With Increased Mortality Among Incarcerated Hospitalized Persons in Massachusetts
title_sort hepatitis c virus is associated with increased mortality among incarcerated hospitalized persons in massachusetts
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab579
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