Cross-country migration linked to people who inject drugs challenges the long-term impact of national HCV elimination programmes

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 71, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 1270-1272

Cross-country migration linked to people who inject drugs challenges the long-term impact of national HCV elimination programmes (Letter) (Open Access)

Vrancken B.* , Cuypers L. , Pérez A.B. , Chueca N. , Anton-Basantas J. , de la Iglesia A. , Fuentes J. , Pineda J.A. , Téllez F. , Bernal E. , Rincón P. , Von Wichman M.A. , Fuentes A. , Vera F. , Rivero-Juárez A. , Jiménez M. , Vandamme A.-M. , García F.

^a KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
^b KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
^c Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Research Institute Ibs, Granada, Spain
^d Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Research Institute Ibs, Granada, Spain
^e Centro Penitenciario, Albolote, Granada, Spain
^f Clinical Microbiology, Hospital Juan Ramón Jimenez, Huelva, Spain
^g Hepatology Unit, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain
^h Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Valme, Sevilla, Spain
ⁱ Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
^j Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Murcia, Spain
^k Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Valme, Sevilla, Spain
^l Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
^m Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Research Institute Ibs, Granada, Spain
ⁿ Infectious Disease Unit, University Hospital Santa Lucía, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
^o Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba, Spain
^p Hepatology Unit, Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga, Spain
^q KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium, Center for Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Microbiology Unit, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University Nova Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
^r Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital San Cecilio, Research Institute Ibs, Granada, Spain

Abstract

[No abstract available]

Author Keywords

HCV National strategy PWID Spain Elimination European Union

Index Keywords

priority journal Hepatitis C virus patient information injection drug user world health organization virus genome viral clearance European Union prevalence Letter informed consent nucleotide sequence human

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074774691&doi=10.1016%2fj.jhep.2019.08.010&partnerID=40&md5=9035a387667ff8f27d7c6457595c2be6

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.08.010

ISSN: 01688278

Original Language: English