Hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention in low- and middle-income country prisons

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among people who are incarcerated in low- and middle-income countries. Prison policy changes towards HCV testing and treatment are pivotal for social justice and can be a crucial step for achieving HCV global elimination targets.

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Autores principales: Tucker, Joseph D., Ahmad, Ahsan, Mulu, Andargachew, Muyoyeta, Monde, Hassan, Muhammad Radzi Abu, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9199332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35705802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-022-00645-3
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spelling pubmed-91993322022-06-17 Hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention in low- and middle-income country prisons Tucker, Joseph D. Ahmad, Ahsan Mulu, Andargachew Muyoyeta, Monde Hassan, Muhammad Radzi Abu Kamarulzaman, Adeeba Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol Comment Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among people who are incarcerated in low- and middle-income countries. Prison policy changes towards HCV testing and treatment are pivotal for social justice and can be a crucial step for achieving HCV global elimination targets. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-06-15 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9199332/ /pubmed/35705802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-022-00645-3 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Muyoyeta, Monde
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Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
Hepatitis C testing, treatment and prevention in low- and middle-income country prisons
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