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Journal articles
2016, 'The impact of ribavirin plasma concentration on the efficacy of the interferon-sparing regimen, sofosbuvir and ribavirin', ANTIVIRAL THERAPY, 21, pp. 127 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP2984
,2016, 'Daclatasvir plus Sofosbuvir plus Ribavirin for 12 or 16 Weeks in Treatment-Experienced Patients with HCV Genotype 3 Infection and Advanced Fibrosis or Cirrhosis', Journal of Hepatology, 64, pp. S753 - S754, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(16)01469-0
,2016, 'On-Treatment Illicit Drug Use Did Not Impact Treatment Outcome during Therapy with Ledipasvir-Sofosbuvi with or without Ribavirin in the Phase 3 ION-1 Study', Journal of Hepatology, 64, pp. S776 - S777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(16)01514-2
,2016, 'Program and Abstracts from the Canadian Digestive Diseases Week™ 2016.', Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 2016, pp. 4792898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4792898
,2016, 'SOF/VEL for 12 Weeks Is Well Tolerated and Results in High SVR12 Rates in People Receiving Opioid Substitution Therapy', Journal of Hepatology, 64, pp. S776 - S776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0168-8278(16)01513-0
,2015, 'Estimating HCV disease burden - Volume 3 (editorial)', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12473
,2015, 'Response to treatment following recently acquired hepatitis C virus infection in a multicentre collaborative cohort', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 1020 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12429
,2015, 'Sofosbuvir plus velpatasvir combination therapy for treatment- Experienced patients with genotype 1 or 3 hepatitis c virus infection', Annals of Internal Medicine, 163, pp. 809 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M15-1014
,2015, 'Effect of treatment willingness on specialist assessment and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who use drugs: The ETHOS study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 914 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12415
,2015, 'Hepatitis c virus reinfection and spontaneous clearance of reinfection - The InC3 study', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 212, pp. 1407 - 1419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv220
,2015, 'Strategies for achieving universal access to hepatitis C virus prevention and care for people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1039 - 1040, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.008
,2015, 'The effect of social functioning and living arrangement on treatment intent, specialist assessment and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use: The ETHOS study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1094 - 1102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.06.001
,2015, 'Assessment and delivery of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in an opioid substitution treatment clinic with integrated peer-based support in Newcastle, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 999 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.006
,2015, 'Defining populations and injecting parameters among people who inject drugs: Implications for the assessment of hepatitis C treatment programs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 950 - 957, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.010
,2015, 'Evaluation of two community-controlled peer support services for assessment and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in opioid substitution treatment clinics: The ETHOS study, Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 992 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.01.005
,2015, 'Excluding people who use drugs or alcohol from access to hepatitis C treatments - Is this fair, given the available data?', Journal of Hepatology, 63, pp. 779 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2015.06.014
,2015, 'Expanding access to prevention, care and treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 893 - 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.007
,2015, 'Injecting risk behaviours following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The Australian Trial in Acute Hepatitis C', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 976 - 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.05.003
,2015, 'Liver disease knowledge and acceptability of non-invasive liver fibrosis assessment among people who inject drugs in the drug and alcohol setting: The LiveRLife Study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 984 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.002
,2015, 'Recommendations for the management of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 1028 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.005
,2015, 'Factors associated with hepatitis C virus RNA levels in early chronic infection: the InC3 study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 708 - 717, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12384
,2015, 'The hepatitis C virus epidemics in key populations (including people who inject drugs, prisoners and MSM): The use of direct-acting antivirals as treatment for prevention', Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 10, pp. 374 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/COH.0000000000000179
,2015, 'Restrictions for medicaid reimbursement of sofosbuvir for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States', Annals of Internal Medicine, 163, pp. 215 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/M15-0406
,2015, 'The influence of hepatitis C virus genetic region on phylogenetic clustering analysis', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0131437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131437
,2015, 'FibroGENE: A gene-based model for staging liver fibrosis', Journal of Hepatology, 64, pp. 390 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2015.11.008
,2015, 'Hepatitis C virus therapeutic development: In pursuit of "perfectovir', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60, pp. 1829 - 1836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ197
,2015, 'Daclatasvir in combination with asunaprevir and beclabuvir for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection with compensated cirrhosis', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 313, pp. 1736 - 1744, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2015.3868
,2015, 'Mixed HCV infection and reinfection in people who inject drugs-impact on therapy', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 12, pp. 218 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2015.36
,2015, 'Patterns of hepatitis C Virus RNA levels during acute infection: The InC3 study', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0122232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122232
,2015, 'Why START? Reflections that led to the conduct of this large long-term strategic HIV trial', HIV Medicine, 16, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12227
,2015, 'A comparison of seminal hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels during recent and chronic HCV infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 211, pp. 736 - 743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu550
,2015, 'Daclatasvir plus peginterferon and ribavirin is noninferior to peginterferon and ribavirin alone, and reduces the duration of treatment for HCV genotype 2 or 3 infection', Gastroenterology, 148, pp. 355 - 366.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.007
,2015, 'A longitudinal study of hepatitis C virus testing and infection status notification on behaviour change in people who inject drugs', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69, pp. 745 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-205224
,2015, 'Empfehlungen zur Hepatitis Versorgung bei Drogenkonsumierenden', International Journal of Drug Policy, 111, pp. 101670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.11.010
,2015, 'Estimates on HCV disease burden worldwide - Filling the gaps', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 22, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12371
,2015, 'Interferon λ 3 and 4 genotyping using high-resolution melt curve analysis suitable for multiple clinical sample types', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 17, pp. 583 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2015.05.003
,2015, 'Interferon-λ rs12979860 genotype and liver fibrosis in viral and non-viral chronic liver disease', Nature Communications, 6, pp. 6422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7422
,2015, 'Naturally occurring dominant drug resistance mutations occur infrequently in the setting of recently acquired hepatitis C', Antiviral Therapy, 20, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP2821
,2015, 'Transmitted/founder viruses rapidly escape from CD8+ T cell responses in acute hepatitis C virus infection', Journal of Virology, 89, pp. 5478 - 5490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JVI.03717-14
,2015, 'Trends in mortality after diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection: An international comparison and implications for monitoring the population impact of treatment', Journal of Hepatology, 62, pp. 269 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2014.09.001
,2015, 'Expanding access to prevention, care and treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs', International Journal of Drug Policy, 26, pp. 893 - 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.007
,2015, 'HCV‐infected patients need access now to new direct‐acting antiviral agents to avert liver‐related deaths', The Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. 479 - 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00165
,2015, 'Opioid substitution treatment protects against hepatitis C virus acquisition in people who inject drugs: The HITS-c study', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 146, pp. e191 - e191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.09.435
,2015, 'Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus among Prisoners, Australia, 2005–2012.', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 765 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2105.141832
,2015, 'Tu1015 MALACHITE-II: Phase 3b Trial of Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/R and Dasabuvir + Ribavirin or Telaprevir + Peginterferon/Ribavirin in Peginterferon/Ribavirin Treatment-Experienced Adults With HCV Genotype 1', Gastroenterology, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(15)33704-5
,2015, 'Tu1024 Plasma Interferon-γ-Inducible Protein 10 (Ip-10) and Response to Interferon-Free Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in HCV Genotype 1-Infected Patients With and Without Cirrhosis', Gastroenterology, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(15)33713-6
,2014, 'Genetics of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus infection: A complex topic with much to learn', Hepatology, 60, pp. 2127 - 2128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.27163
,2014, 'Response to letter to the editor: Strategies to reduce HCV disease burden and HCV transmission need different models, as what works for end-stage liver disease may not work for HCV prevalence: A comment on the results presented in JVH Special Issue', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 21, pp. e169 - e170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12339
,2014, 'Interferon lambda 3 genotype predicts hepatitis C virus RNA levels in early acute infection among people who inject drugs: The InC3 Study', Journal of Clinical Virology, 61, pp. 430 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2014.08.027
,2014, 'Phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada', Hepatology, 60, pp. 1571 - 1580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.27310
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