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Title: High Hep C Cure Rate, High Reinfection Rate Among People Who Inject Drugs
Post by: Hep Editors on September 20, 2019, 11:34:36 am
A program to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Australia saw a high cure rate among them but also a high reinfection rate.

Over a 42-month period, researchers recruited people who were actively injecting drugs, had HCV and sought services from a syringe services program (SSP) in Dundee. Ninety-two of the 105 recruits started treatment for the virus. Study findings were published in the Journal of Viral Hepatology.

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