Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention
- Wiessing, Lucas
- Ferri, Marica
- Grady, Bart
- Kantzanou, Maria
- Sperle, Ida
- Cullen, Katelyn J
- Hatzakis, Angelos
- Prins, Maria
- Vickerman, Peter
- Lazarus, Jeffrey V
- Hope, Vivian D
- Matheï, Cathy
Publication date
January 2014
DOI Publisher
Public Library of Sciene Journal
issn:1932-6203Abstract
People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor. The availability in the literature of information on seven main topic areas (incidence, chronicity, genotypes, HIV co-infection, diagnosis and treatment uptake, and burden of disease) to guide HCV treatment and prevention scale-up for PWID in the 27 countries of the European Union is systematically reviewed.status: publishe
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