All the news Showing 10 of 107 articles from: Transmission and preventionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Dramatic rise in U.S. opioid deaths as epidemic spreads to eastern states Medical Xpress / 13 March 2019 Perinatal Exposure to HCV Leads to Earlier Cirrhosis AJMC / 03 December 2018 Australian experience shows high DAA uptake and rapid fall in rates of HCV viraemia among people who inject drugs Michael Carter / 26 November 2018 Providing hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) to people who inject drugs can achieve rapid reductions in community prevalence of viraemia, according to Australian research published in the Journal of Hepatology. ... Recent incarceration increases HIV and hepatitis C risk for people who inject drugs Michael Carter / 19 November 2018 People who inject drugs (PWID) recently released from prison or jail have a substantially increased risk of acquiring infection with HIV or hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to the results of a systematic ... People who inject drugs have a high hepatitis C cure rate despite imperfect adherence Liz Highleyman / 15 November 2018 Most people who inject drugs completed treatment with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Epclusa) and achieved sustained virological response (SVR) in a real-world setting, even if they had interruptions in therapy, according to a presentation at the AASLD ... Hepatitis C is detectable in rectal and nasal fluid Keith Alcorn / 12 November 2018 High levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be found in the rectal and nasal fluids of people with high hepatitis C viral loads even when blood is not present, Austrian researchers ... Hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs needs a health system strategy, says expert review Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Achieving the elimination of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs will require a comprehensive health system-wide strategy that addresses stigma, barriers to care, financing, the involvement of people who inject drugs and ... Less than half of children born to mothers with hepatitis C tested for HCV, US study finds Keith Alcorn / 11 September 2018 Less than half of the children born to mothers with opioid dependency and hepatitis C were tested for hepatitis C between 2006 and 2015 in a large clinic providing antenatal care for ... HIV and chronic HCV co-infection prevalence in England highest among MSM Michael Carter / 20 August 2018 Men who have sex with men (MSM) make up the majority of people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have co-infection with HIV, according to data from Public Health England (PHE) published ... Advancing transplantation: Hepatitis C-infected organs safe for transplantation when followed by antiviral treatment Eurekalert Inf Dis / 08 August 2018 ← Prev12345...11Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive