Directly observed therapy for HCV with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir alongside opioid substitution in people who inject drugs-First real world data from Austria.

BACKGROUND:Directly acting antivirals (DAA) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have facilitated sustained virologic response (SVR) rates >90% in clinical studies. Yet, real life data regarding DAA treatment in people who inject drugs (PWIDs) are scarce. We evaluated the effectiveness of gl...

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Main Authors: Caroline Schmidbauer, Raphael Schubert, Angelika Schütz, Cornelia Schwanke, Julian Luhn, Enisa Gutic, Roxana Pirker, Tobias Lang, Thomas Reiberger, Hans Haltmayer, Michael Gschwantler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229239