Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention

Lucas Wiessing; Marica Ferri; Bart Grady; Maria Kantzanou; Ida Sperle; Katelyn J. Cullen; EMCDDA DRID Group; Angelos Hatzakis; Maria Prins; Peter Vickerman; Jeffrey V. Lazarus; Vivian D. Hope; Catharina Mathei; Sharon Hutchinson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103345

Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention

Lucas Wiessing, Marica Ferri, Bart Grady, Maria Kantzanou, Ida Sperle, Katelyn J. Cullen, EMCDDA DRID Group, Angelos Hatzakis, Maria Prins, Peter Vickerman, Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Vivian D. Hope, Catharina Mathei, Sharon Hutchinson

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Abstract

People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor. The availability in the literature of information on seven main topic areas (incidence, chronicity, genotypes, HIV co-infection, diagnosis and treatment uptake, and burden of disease) to guide HCV treatment and prevention scale-up for PWID in the 27 countries of the European Union is systematically reviewed.

Original language	English
Article number	e103345
Number of pages	20
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	9
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103345
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2014

Keywords

people who inject drugs
PWID
hepatitis C
HCV epidemiology
Europe

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Wiessing, L., Ferri, M., Grady, B., Kantzanou, M., Sperle, I., Cullen, K. J., EMCDDA DRID Group, Hatzakis, A., Prins, M., Vickerman, P., Lazarus, J. V., Hope, V. D., Mathei, C., & Hutchinson, S. (2014). Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe: a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention. PLoS ONE , 9(7), [e103345]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103345

Wiessing, Lucas ; Ferri, Marica ; Grady, Bart ; Kantzanou, Maria ; Sperle, Ida ; Cullen, Katelyn J. ; EMCDDA DRID Group ; Hatzakis, Angelos ; Prins, Maria ; Vickerman, Peter ; Lazarus, Jeffrey V. ; Hope, Vivian D. ; Mathei, Catharina ; Hutchinson, Sharon. / Hepatitis C virus infection epidemiology among people who inject drugs in Europe : a systematic review of data for scaling up treatment and prevention. In: PLoS ONE . 2014 ; Vol. 9, No. 7.

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