Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health concern in Canada, which now mostly affects marginalized populations, including correctional inmates. These populations - until recently - have largely been excluded from HCV pharmacotherapy. We report preliminary data on HCV treatment in a ...
To test the idea that a selective one-time HCV screening program for people between 25 and 64 years of age or between 45 to 64 years of age would be cost-effective, at least in Canada, Dr Wong and colleagues considered the cost-effectiveness of four screening strategies: no screening, scr...
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Twin epidemics of new and prevalent hepatitis C infections in Canada: BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort. BMC Infect Dis. 2016;16(1):334.Janjua NZ, Yu A, Kuo M, et al. Twin epidemics of new and prevalent hepatitis C infections in Canada: BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort. BMC Infect Dis. 2016; ...
Cost-effectiveness of screening for hepatitis C in Canada. The seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among Canadians is estimated at 0.3% to 0.9%. Of those with chronic HCV infection, 10% to 20% will ... WL William,Wong,Hong-Anh,... - CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association ...
Due to the low fidelity of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) mutates quite frequently. There are seven genetically divergent genotypes (GTs) distributed in the world, each of which contains several closely related subtypes. The peer-reviewed literatures reporting the prevalen...
Some 300,000 individuals are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Canada. HCV infection is associated with major morbidity, mortality and health care costs; these indicators are projected to rise over the next decade. The vast majority of prevalent and incident HCV infections in Canada ...
BMC Public Health https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8190-2 (2020) 20:89 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Social values for health technology assessment in Canada: a scoping review of hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and treatment Caroline O'Keefe-Markman1, Kristina Dawn Lea2, Christopher McCabe3...
Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most burdensome infectious illness in Canada. Current screening strategies miss a significant proportion of cases, leaving many undiagnosed. Elevated HCV prevalence in those born between 1945 and 1965 has prompted calls for birth-cohort screening in this gro...
More than 220,000 people in Canada are infected by the Hepatitis C virus. The disease is transmitted by blood. One person in four spontaneously clears the virus before it attacks the liver. The rest often don't feel any symptoms at the beginning, but gradually develop liver disease, graded ...