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Journal articles
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
,2018, 'Mortality trends among people with hepatitis B and C: A population-based linkage study, 1993-2012', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0
,2018, 'Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and survival among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 473 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12837
,2018, 'Longitudinal injecting risk behaviours among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting: The HITS-p study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 54, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.013
,2018, '6th canadian symposium on hepatitis C virus: Delivering a cure for hepatitis c infection—what are the remaining gaps?', Canadian Liver Journal, 1, pp. 95 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/canlivj.1.2.008
,2018, 'A165 SHORT INJECTION CESSATION EPISODES AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEPATITIS C PREVENTION', Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 1, pp. 286 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwy008.166
,2018, 'A172 C-EDGE CO-STAR: RISK OF REINFECTION FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL THERAPY WITH ELBASVIR (EBR) AND GRAZOPREVIR (GZR) IN PERSONS WHO INJECT DRUGS (PWID) RECEIVING OPIOD AGONIST THERAPY (OAT)', Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 1, pp. 299 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwy008.173
,2018, 'A239 QUALITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE DECISIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS WHO RECEIVED A LIVER DISEASE ASSESSMENT AS PART OF A LIVER HEALTH PROMOTION CAMPAIGN: THE LIVERLIFE STUDY', Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, 1, pp. 419 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwy008.240
,2018, 'Hepatitis C: A Canadian perspective', Canadian Liver Journal, 1, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/canlivj.1.2.001
,2018, 'Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for hepatitis C virus infection in people with recent injection drug use (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, single-arm, phase 4, multicentre trial', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30404-1
,2018, 'The contribution of alcohol use disorder to decompensated cirrhosis among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. 393 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.10.019
,2018, 'The role of prevention strategies in achieving HCV elimination in Canada: What are the remaining challenges?', Canadian Liver Journal, 1, pp. 15 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/canlivj.1.2.003
,2018, 'Restrictions for reimbursement of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV infection in Europe', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30284-4
,2018, 'Sofosbuvir-based direct-acting antiviral therapies for HCV in people receiving opioid substitution therapy: An analysis of phase 3 studies', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy001
,2018, 'Drug use and phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus infection among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada: A latent class analysis approach', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 28 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12758
,2018, 'HCV avidity as a tool for detection of recent HCV infection: Sensitivity depends on HCV genotype', Journal of Medical Virology, 90, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24919
,2018, 'The Effect of Female Sex on Hepatitis C Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the International Multicohort InC3 Collaborative', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 20 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix768
,2018, 'Comparing the prevention gains of different treatment strategies at the global, regional, and country level: a modelling study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S179 - S180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30571-3
,2018, 'One-year injecting frequency trajectories as predictors of hepatitis C acquisition: findings from an observational cohort study of people who inject drugs in Montréal, Canada', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S189 - S189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30590-7
,2018, 'The contribution of injecting drug use to Hepatitis C virus transmission globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. S179 - S179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(18)30570-1
,2017, 'Hepatitis C point-of-care diagnostics: in search of a single visit diagnosis', Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 17, pp. 1109 - 1115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2017.1400385
,2017, 'Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review', The Lancet Global Health, 5, pp. e1192 - e1207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30375-3
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