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Journal articles
, 2018, 'Paritaprevir, ritonavir, ombitasvir, and dasabuvir with and without ribavirin in people with HCV genotype 1 and recent injecting drug use or receiving opioid substitution therapy', International Journal of Drug Policy, 62, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.10.004
, 2018, 'Acceptability and preferences of point-of-care finger-stick whole-blood and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs in Australia', International Journal of Drug Policy, 61, pp. 23 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.08.011
, 2018, 'Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C among people who use or inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 754 - 767, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30304-2
, 2018, 'Evaluation of a Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Assay in Plasma and Dried Blood Spot Samples', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 20, pp. 621 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2018.05.010
, 2018, 'Modeling of patient virus titers suggests that availability of a vaccine could reduce hepatitis C virus transmission among injecting drug users', Science Translational Medicine, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aao4496
, 2018, 'Management of acute HCV infection in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 15, pp. 412 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41575-018-0026-5
, 2018, 'Elimination of Hepatitis C Virus in Australia: Laying the Foundation', Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 32, pp. 269 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2018.02.006
, 2018, 'Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 383 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30056-6
, 2018, 'Uptake of direct-acting antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C in Australia', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 640 - 648, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12852
, 2018, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load Finger-Stick Point-of-Care Assay', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 217, pp. 1889 - 1896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy114
, 2018, 'Mortality trends among people with hepatitis B and C: A population-based linkage study, 1993-2012', BMC Infectious Diseases, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3110-0
, 2018, 'Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence and survival among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, pp. 473 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12837
, 2018, 'Longitudinal injecting risk behaviours among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting: The HITS-p study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 54, pp. 18 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.12.013
, 2018, 'Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir for hepatitis C virus infection in people with recent injection drug use (SIMPLIFY): an open-label, single-arm, phase 4, multicentre trial', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30404-1
, 2018, 'The contribution of alcohol use disorder to decompensated cirrhosis among people with hepatitis C: An international study', Journal of Hepatology, 68, pp. 393 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.10.019
, 2018, 'Observations on the launch of new drugs for hepatitis C', Australian Prescriber, 41, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2018.005
, 2018, 'HCV avidity as a tool for detection of recent HCV infection: Sensitivity depends on HCV genotype', Journal of Medical Virology, 90, pp. 120 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24919
, 2018, 'The Effect of Female Sex on Hepatitis C Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs: Results from the International Multicohort InC3 Collaborative', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 66, pp. 20 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix768
, 2018, 'Cover Image', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12604
, 2017, 'Hepatocellular carcinoma risk following direct-acting antiviral HCV therapy: A systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regression', Journal of Hepatology, 67, pp. 1204 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2017.07.025
, 2017, 'Direct-Acting antiviral agents for HCV infection affecting people who inject drugs', Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 14, pp. 641 - 651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2017.106
, 2017, 'Changes in risk behaviours during and following treatment for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 230 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.040
, 2017, 'Efficacy of response-guided directly observed pegylated interferon and self-administered ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 177 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.020
, 2017, 'Interventions to enhance testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake for hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A systematic review', International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, pp. 34 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.07.002
, 2017, 'Ongoing incident hepatitis C virus infection among people with a history of injecting drug use in an Australian prison setting, 2005-2014: The HITS-p study', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 733 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12701
, 2017, 'Estimating the prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and exposure among general population in Iran', Hepatitis Monthly, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.11715
, 2017, 'More than a virus: A qualitative study of the social implications of hepatitis B infection in China', International Journal for Equity in Health, 16, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0637-4
, 2017, 'Evaluation of the Xpert HCV Viral Load point-of-care assay from venepuncture-collected and finger-stick capillary whole-blood samples: a cohort study', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 514 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(17)30075-4
, 2017, 'Hepatitis C virus core antigen: A simplified treatment monitoring tool, including for post-treatment relapse', Journal of Clinical Virology, 92, pp. 32 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2017.05.007
, 2017, 'Adherence to response-guided pegylated interferon and ribavirin for people who inject drugs with hepatitis C virus genotype 2/3 infection: The ACTIVATE study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2517-3
, 2017, 'HCV Cure and Reinfection Among People With HIV/HCV Coinfection and People Who Inject Drugs', Current HIV AIDS Reports, 14, pp. 110 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11904-017-0358-8
, 2017, 'Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: A modelling study', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2, pp. 161 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30181-9
, 2017, 'Higher incidence of HCV in females compared to males who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 24, pp. 117 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12628
, 2017, 'Chronic hepatitis C burden and care cascade in Australia in the era of interferon-based treatment', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Australia, 32, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.13453
, 2017, 'Survival following hospitalization with hepatocellular carcinoma among people notified with hepatitis B or C virus in Australia (2000-2014)', Hepatology Communications, 1, pp. 736 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1073
, 2017, 'O13 Efficacy and safety of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir in people with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and recent injecting drug use: the SIMPLIFY study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 5 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30896-7
, 2017, 'O23 Characterisation of populations with hepatitis C to improve access to antiviral therapy programs: a population-based linkage study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30906-7
, 2017, 'O6 Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in two maximum-security prisons in New South Wales, Australia: the StoP-C study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 2 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30889-x
, 2017, 'P10 Injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs in an Australian prison setting, 2005–2014: the HITS-p study', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 15 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30751-2
, 2017, 'P20 Monitoring the uptake of hepatitis C: direct acting antiviral treatment in Australia', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 19 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30761-5
, 2017, 'P4 Acceptability of point of care finger-stick and venepuncture hepatitis C virus testing among people who inject drugs and homeless people', Journal of Virus Eradication, 3, pp. 13 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30745-7
, 2016, 'Maximum levels of hepatitis C virus lipoviral particles are associated with early and persistent infection', Liver International, 36, pp. 1774 - 1782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.13176
, 2016, 'Trends in hepatocellular carcinoma among people with HBV or HCV notification in Australia (2000–2014)', Journal of Hepatology, 65, pp. 1086 - 1093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2016.08.010
, 2016, 'Time to decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma after an HBV or HCV notification: A population-based study', Journal of Hepatology, 65, pp. 879 - 887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2016.06.025
, 2016, 'Recommendations for the clinical management of hepatitis C in Iran: A consensus-based national guideline', Hepatitis Monthly, 16, pp. e40959, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.guideline
, 2016, 'Liver disease burden of hepatitis C virus infection in Iran and the potential impact of various treatment strategies on the disease burden', Hepatitis Monthly, 16, pp. e37234, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.37234
, 2016, 'Hepatitis B-related concerns and anxieties among people with chronic hepatitis B in Australia', Hepatitis Monthly, 16, pp. e35566, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.35566
, 2016, 'HIV infection is associated with higher levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and eotaxin among people with recent hepatitis C virus infection', BMC Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1567-2
, 2016, 'Alanine aminotransferase, HCV RNA levels and pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrogenic cytokines/chemokines during acute hepatitis C virus infection', Virology Journal, 13, pp. 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-016-0482-x
, 2016, 'Hepatitis C treatment as prevention: evidence, feasibility, and challenges', Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1, pp. 317 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(16)30075-9