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2020, 'Frequency of injecting among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis.', Int J Drug Policy, 76, pp. 102619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102619
,2019, 'A variant in the MICA gene is associated with liver fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C through TGF-β1 dependent mechanisms', Scientific Reports, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35736-2
,2019, 'Evaluation of a hepatitis C virus core antigen assay from venepuncture and dried blood spot collected samples: A cohort study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 1423 - 1430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13196
,2019, 'Modelling the potential prevention benefits of a treat-all hepatitis C treatment strategy at global, regional and country levels: A modelling study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 1388 - 1403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13187
,2019, 'The Consensus Hepatitis C Cascade of Care: Standardized Reporting to Monitor Progress Toward Elimination', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69, pp. 2218 - 2227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz714
,2019, '‘Fighting a losing battle’: prisoners’ perspectives of treatment as prevention for hepatitis C with inadequate primary prevention measures', Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 26, pp. 502 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2018.1494135
,2019, 'The prevalence of non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs: A multi-stage systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Drug Policy, 73, pp. 172 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.030
,2019, 'Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action', The Lancet, 394, pp. 1560 - 1579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32229-9
,2019, 'An intervention to improve HCV testing, linkage to care, and treatment among people who use drugs in Tehran, Iran: The ENHANCE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 72, pp. 99 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.002
,2019, 'Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, reinfection and mortality among people attending an inner-city community health centre in Victoria, Canada', International Journal of Drug Policy, 72, pp. 106 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.001
,2019, 'Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among people who use drugs: Ensuring equitable access to prevention, treatment, and care for all', International Journal of Drug Policy, 72, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.07.016
,2019, 'Declining hepatitis C virus-related liver disease burden in the direct-acting antiviral therapy era in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Hepatology, 71, pp. 281 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2019.04.014
,2019, 'Hepatitis C virus testing, liver disease assessment and direct-acting antiviral treatment uptake and outcomes in a service for people who are homeless in Sydney, Australia: The LiveRLife homelessness study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 969 - 979, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13112
,2019, 'Prevalence of HIV, HCV and HBV infection and sociodemographic characteristics of people who inject drugs in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Drug Policy, 70, pp. 87 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.005
,2019, 'Short and sporadic injecting cessation episodes as predictors of incident hepatitis C virus infection: findings from a cohort study of people who inject drugs in Montréal, Canada', Addiction, 114, pp. 1495 - 1503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14632
,2019, 'Genomic characterization of hepatitis C virus transmitted founder variants with deep sequencing', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 71, pp. 36 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.02.032
,2019, 'A Global Meta-analysis of the Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis C Virus, and Hepatitis B Virus among People Who Inject Drugs - Do Gender-Based Differences Vary by Country-Level Indicators?', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220, pp. 78 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiz058
,2019, 'The contribution of injection drug use to hepatitis C virus transmission globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 4, pp. 435 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(19)30085-8
,2019, 'A systematic, deep sequencing-based methodology for identification of mixed-genotype hepatitis C virus infections', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 69, pp. 76 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.01.016
,2019, 'Genomic variability of within-host hepatitis C variants in acute infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 476 - 484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13051
,2019, 'Priorities and recommended actions for how researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and the affected community can work together to improve access to hepatitis C care for people who use drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 66, pp. 87 - 93, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.01.012
,2019, 'Safety and efficacy of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotypes 1–6 receiving opioid substitution therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 66, pp. 73 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.01.011
,2019, 'Shortened duration pan-genotypic therapy with glecaprevir-pibrentasvir for six weeks among people with acute and recent HCV infection', JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 70, pp. E231 - E231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0618-8278(19)30432-3
,2019, 'The consensus hepatitis C cascade of care: Methodology and initial findings from three countries', JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY, 70, pp. E333 - E334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0618-8278(19)30651-6
,2019, 'Performance evaluation of the Hologic Aptima HCV Quant Dx assay for detection of HCV RNA from dried blood spots', Journal of Clinical Virology, 112, pp. 40 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2019.01.010
,2019, 'A latent class approach to identify multi-risk profiles associated with phylogenetic clustering of recent hepatitis C virus infection in Australia and New Zealand from 2004 to 2015', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22, pp. e25222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25222
,2019, 'Association between rapid utilisation of direct hepatitis C antivirals and decline in the prevalence of viremia among people who inject drugs in Australia', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.09.030
,2019, 'Australia on track to achieve WHO HCV elimination targets following rapid initial DAA treatment uptake: A modelling study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 26, pp. 83 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13013
,2019, 'Glecaprevir/pibrentasvir in patients with chronic HCV and recent drug use: An integrated analysis of 7 phase III studies', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 194, pp. 487 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.11.007
,2019, 'Global, regional, and country-level estimates of hepatitis C infection among people who have recently injected drugs', Addiction, 114, pp. 150 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14393
,2019, 'Hepatitis C elimination among people who inject drugs: Challenges and recommendations for action within a health systems framework', Liver International, 39, pp. 20 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.13949
,2019, 'Perceptions and self-reported competency related to testing, management and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among physicians prescribing opioid agonist treatment: The C-SCOPE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 63, pp. 29 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.012
,2019, 'SAT-232-Reinfection following successful HCV DAA therapy among people with recent injecting drug use', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. e732 - e733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0618-8278(19)31465-3
,2019, 'SAT-233-Hepatitis C virus reinfection following antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression', Journal of Hepatology, 70, pp. e733 - e733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0618-8278(19)31466-5
,2018, 'Adherence to sofosbuvir and velpatasvir among people with chronic HCV infection and recent injection drug use: The SIMPLIFY study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 14 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.013
,2018, 'Paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir, and dasabuvir with and without ribavirin in people with HCV genotype 1 and recent injecting drug use or receiving opioid substitution therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.004
,2018, 'Understanding facilitators and barriers of direct-acting antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection in prison', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 1526 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12987
,2018, 'Acceptability and preferences of point-of-care finger-stick whole-blood and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.011
,2018, 'Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among people who use or inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 754 - 767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30304-2
,2018, 'Efficacy and safety of ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir and dasabuvir with or without ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection receiving opioid substitution therapy: A post hoc analysis of 12 clinical trials', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 5, pp. ofy248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy248
,2018, 'The removal of DAA restrictions in Europe – One step closer to eliminating HCV as a major public health threat', Journal of Hepatology, 69, pp. 1188 - 1196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.06.016
,2018, 'Competing global statistics on prevalence of injecting drug use: why does it matter and what can be done?', Addiction, 113, pp. 1768 - 1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14383
,2018, 'Global statistics on alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use: 2017 status report', Addiction, 113, pp. 1905 - 1926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.14234
,2018, 'Shortened therapy of eight weeks with paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir and dasabuvir is highly effective in people with recent HCV genotype 1 infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 1180 - 1188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12917
,2018, 'Evaluation of a Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Assay in Plasma and Dried Blood Spot Samples', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 20, pp. 621 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2018.05.010
,2018, 'Management of acute HCV infection in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 15, pp. 412 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-018-0026-5
,2018, 'Strategies to Reduce Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection in People Who Inject Drugs', Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 32, pp. 371 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2018.02.003
,2018, 'The 7th canadian symposium on hepatitis c virus: “toward elimination of hcv: How to get there”', Canadian Liver Journal, 1, pp. 139 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/canlivj.2018-0018
,2018, 'Uptake of direct-acting antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 640 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12852
,2018, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1889 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy114
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