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Suboptimal Linkage to Care of Delta-Infected Patients in an Area with Increasing Migration-Driven Prevalence of Hepatitis D in Recent Years [PDF]
VirusesBackground and Aims: Changes in hepatitis delta virus (HDV) epidemiology have been highlighted recently in the context of increasing worldwide migrations.
Ângela Carvalho-Gomes +11 more
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Hepatitis C screening strategies and linkage-to-care approaches in U.S. emergency departments: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a public health concern in the U.S. Emergency departments are pivotal for the identification of undiagnosed HCV infections.
Pilar Hernandez-Con +7 more
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Direct collaboration between hospitals and NGOs, an essential tool to reinforce linkage to care in people living with HIV [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWith the aim of improving access and engagement to healthcare in people living with HIV (PLHIV), in 2022 Gregorio Marañón Hospital and the NGO COGAM developed a circuit for recruitment and referral to hospital.
Teresa Aldámiz-Echevarria +24 more
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Viruses, 2023 HCV infection is still a major burden worldwide, and most countries are not on track to meet the WHO 2030 elimination goal. The current challenge is to identify individuals to be treated. In this study, we will describe the trend of new DAA prescriptions
Pietro Torre +3 more
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High Rates of Hidden HCV Infections among Hospitalized Patients Aged 55–85
Pathogens, 2021 Background and Aims: The WHO has solicited all countries to eliminate HCV by 2030. The Italian government started routine screening for HCV infection in January 2021, initially targeting subjects born between 1969 and 1989.
Annarita Valeria Piazzolla +24 more
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Poor linkage to care for HIV-positive OVC with disabled caregivers: a longitudinal study in Tanzania
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Despite extensive efforts to scale up counseling and testing services and care and treatment clinics (CTCs) in Tanzania, linkage between points of diagnosis and CTCs remains low.
Shraddha Bajaria +3 more
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Viruses, 2023 Hospital admissions are a missed opportunity to engage people living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) into care. This study aimed to describe the proportion of hospital inpatients and emergency department (ED) patients identified with hepatitis C who were ...
Christine Roder +6 more
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Point-of-Care Testing for Hepatitis Viruses: A Growing Need
Life, 2023 Viral hepatitis, caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis D virus (HDV), or hepatitis E virus (HEV), is a major global public health problem.
Matthew D. Pauly, Lilia Ganova-Raeva
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background In remote rural Tanzania, the rate of linkage into HIV care was estimated at 28% in 2014. This study explored facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care at individual/patient, health care provider, health system, and contextual levels to
Erica S. Sanga +4 more
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How to best conduct universal HIV screening in emergency departments is far from settled
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 HIV screening in the emergency department (ED), including universal screening irrespective of risk assessments, has shown strong promise in past studies, identifying many new cases of HIV infection among those who lack access to traditional HIV testing ...
Daniel J. Escudero +5 more
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