Belgian experience with direct acting antivirals in people who inject drugs
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Belgian experience with direct acting antivirals in people who inject drugs.
BACKGROUND AND AIM Hepatitis C viral infection (HCV) has become a curable disease due to the development of direct acting antivirals (DAA). The WHO has set a target to eliminate HCV completely. Therefore, people who inject drugs (PWID) also need to be treated. In this study, we compared the real-life uptake and outcome of DAA treatment for HCV in PWID and non-PWID. METHODS We performed a nati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.003