Early treatment of acute hepatitis C infection is cost-effective in HIV-infected men-who-have-sex-with-men.

Early treatment of acute hepatitis C infection is cost-effective in HIV-infected men-who-have-sex-with-men.

<h4>Background</h4>Treatment of hepatitis C virus infections (HCV) with direct acting antivirals (DAA) can prevent new infections since cured individuals cannot transmit HCV. However, as DAAs are expensive, many countries defer treatment to advances stages of fibrosis, which results in o...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Popping, Sebastiaan J Hullegie, Anne Boerekamps, Bart J A Rijnders, Robert J de Knegt, Jürgen K Rockstroh, Annelies Verbon, Charles A B Boucher, Brooke E Nichols, David A M C van de Vijver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210179

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