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2017, 'Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review', The Lancet Global Health, 5, pp. e1208 - e1220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30373-X
,2017, 'Hepatocellular carcinoma risk following direct-acting antiviral HCV therapy: A systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regression', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 1204 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.07.025
,2017, 'Direct-Acting antiviral agents for HCV infection affecting people who inject drugs', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 14, pp. 641 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2017.106
,2017, 'Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia', BMC Public Health, 17, pp. 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4785-7
,2017, '‘I didn't want to let it go too far.’ 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', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 153 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.06.001
,2017, 'Changes in risk behaviours during and following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 230 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.040
,2017, 'Efficacy of response-guided directly observed pegylated interferon and self-administered ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.020
,2017, 'Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among PWID: The beginning of a new era of interferon-free DAA therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 26 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.08.001
,2017, 'Estimating the cascade of hepatitis C testing, care and treatment among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 77 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.022
,2017, 'Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 34 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.002
,2017, 'Ongoing incident hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting, 2005-2014: The HITS-p study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 733 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12701
,2017, 'Research priorities to achieve universal access to hepatitis C prevention, management and direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 51 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.019
,2017, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30075-4
,2017, 'Hepatitis C virus core antigen: A simplified treatment monitoring tool, including for post-treatment relapse', Journal of Clinical Virology, 92, pp. 32 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2017.05.007
,2017, 'New developments and opportunities for preventing hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who use and inject drugs—announcing an Addiction series', Addiction, 112, pp. 1126 - 1127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.13847
,2017, 'Adherence to response-guided pegylated interferon and ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2517-3
,2017, 'HCV Cure and Reinfection Among People With HIV/HCV Coinfection and People Who Inject Drugs', Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 14, pp. 110 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11904-017-0358-8
,2017, 'A molecular transmission network of recent hepatitis C infection in people with and without HIV: Implications for targeted treatment strategies', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 404 - 411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12652
,2017, 'Direct-acting antivirals for acute HCV: how short can we go?', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 316 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30043-2
,2017, 'HCV reinfection incidence among individuals treated for recent infection', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 359 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12666
,2017, 'IFN-λ3, not IFN-λ4, likely mediates IFNL3-IFNL4 haplotype-dependent hepatic inflammation and fibrosis', Nature Genetics, 49, pp. 795 - 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3836
,2017, 'Geographic differences in temporal incidence trends of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The InC3 collaboration', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64, pp. 860 - 869, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw869
,2017, 'HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) REINFECTION AND INJECTION RISK BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING ELBASVIR/GRAZOPREVIR (EBR/GZR) TREATMENT IN PATIENTS ON OPIOID AGONIST THERAPY (OAT): CO-STAR THREE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY', GASTROENTEROLOGY, 152, pp. S1058 - S1059, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-5085(17)33575-8
,2017, 'Limited naturally occurring escape in broadly neutralizing antibody epitopes in hepatitis C glycoprotein E2 and constrained sequence usage in acute infection', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 49, pp. 88 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2017.01.006
,2017, 'Treatment of HCV in persons who inject drugs: Treatment as prevention', Clinical Liver Disease, 9, pp. 77 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cld.626
,2017, 'Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: A modelling study', The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 161 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30181-9
,2017, 'Dynamic evolution of hepatitis C virus resistance-associated substitutions in the absence of antiviral treatment', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 41719, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep41719
,2017, 'Analysis of resistance-associated substitutions in acute hepatitis C virus infection by deep sequencing across six genotypes and three continents', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 37 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12615
,2017, 'Chronic hepatitis C burden and care cascade in Australia in the era of interferon-based treatment', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 32, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.13453
,2017, 'Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among People with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and a History of Injecting Drug Use in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Addiction Medicine, 11, pp. 10 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/adm.0000000000000261
,2017, 'Elimination of HCV as a public health concern among people who inject drugs by 2030 - What will it take to get there', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 20, pp. 22146, http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.22146
,2017, 'Phylogenetic analysis of full-length, early infection, hepatitis C virus genomes among people with intravenous drug use: the InC3 Study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 43 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12616
,2017, 'Sequencing of hepatitis C virus for detection of resistance to direct-acting antiviral therapy: A systematic review', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 379 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1050
,2017, 'Survival following hospitalization with hepatocellular carcinoma among people notified with hepatitis B or C virus in Australia (2000-2014)', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 736 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1073
,2017, 'Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and recent injecting drug use: the SIMPLIFY study', Journal of Hepatology, 66, pp. S513 - S513, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(17)31428-9
,2017, 'O13 Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and recent injecting drug use: the SIMPLIFY study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 5 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30896-7
,2017, 'O21 HCV reinfection and injecting risk behaviour following elbasvir/grazoprevir treatment in patients on opioid agonist therapy: Co-STAR three year follow-up study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 8 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30904-3
,2017, 'O23 Characterisation of populations with hepatitis C to improve access to antiviral therapy programs: a population-based linkage study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30906-7
,2017, 'O6 Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in two maximum-security prisons in New South Wales, Australia: the StoP-C study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 2 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30889-x
,2017, 'O9 Progress towards elimination: rapid uptake of HCV treatment among people who inject drugs following broad access to DAA therapies', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30892-x
,2017, 'P10 Injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in an Australian prison setting, 2005–2014: the HITS-p study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 15 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30751-2
,2017, 'P20 Monitoring the uptake of hepatitis C: direct acting antiviral treatment in Australia', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 19 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30761-5
,2017, 'P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 13 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30745-7
,2017, 'P6 Phylogenetic clustering of recent hepatitis C virus infection between 2004 and 2015', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 14 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30747-0
,2017, 'SOF/VEL/VOX for 8 or 12 weeks is well tolerated and results in high SVR12 rates in patients receiving opioid substitution therapy', Journal of Hepatology, 66, pp. S513 - S514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(17)31429-0
,2016, 'Efficacy and safety of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir with and without ribavirin in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection receiving opioid substitution therapy: Analysis of phase 3 ION trials', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63, pp. 1405 - 1411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw580
,2016, 'Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection receiving opioid substitution therapy: Analysis of phase 3 ASTRAL trials', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63, pp. 1479 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw579
,2016, 'Maximum levels of hepatitis C virus lipoviral particles are associated with early and persistent infection', Liver International, 36, pp. 1774 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.13176
,2016, 'Sofosbuvir and ribavirin for 6 weeks is not effective among people with recent hepatitis C virus infection: The DARE-C II study', Hepatology, 64, pp. 1911 - 1921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.28844
,2016, 'The effects of alcohol on spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C virus infection in females versus males', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 169, pp. 156 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.10.024
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