Eliminating hepatitis C Part 1. Finding your patients with hepatitis C
Publication Details
Draper, B.,
Layton, C.,
Doyle, J.,
Howell, J.,
Baker, D.,
Stoove, M.,
&
Pedrana, A.
(2019).
Eliminating hepatitis C Part 1. Finding your patients with hepatitis C.
Medicine Today, 20 (6), 34-40.
Abstract
Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) can now cure almost all patients with chronic hepatitis C. This gives us the opportunity to eliminate hepatitis C from Australia. However, the number of people receiving DAA treatment is declining despite an estimated 165,000 people living with chronic hepatitis C. GPs have a key role in identifying and treating their patients living with hepatitis C if we are to reduce disease burden and achieve hepatitis C elimination.
Keywords
Hepatitis C, diagnosis, treatment, elimination, Australia
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