The impact of universal access to direct-acting antiviral therapy on the hepatitis C cascade of care among individuals attending primary and community health services.

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis C elimination will require widespread access to treatment and responses at the health-service level to increase testing among populations at risk. We explored changes in hepatitis C testing and the cascade of care before and after the introduction of direct-a...

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Main Authors: Michael W Traeger, Alisa E Pedrana, Daniela K van Santen, Joseph S Doyle, Jessica Howell, Alexander J Thompson, Carol El-Hayek, Jason Asselin, Victoria Polkinghorne, Dean Membrey, Fran Bramwell, Allison Carter, Rebecca Guy, Mark A Stoové, Margaret E Hellard, EC Victoria Partnership and the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Blood-borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections (ACCESS)
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.0235445