Pilot hepatitis C micro-elimination strategy in Pakistani migrants in Catalonia through a community intervention.
Elisa MartróHakima OuaarabVerónica SaludesMaria Buti FerretBegoña TreviñoLuisa RoadeLaia Egea-CortésJuliana Maria Reyes-UrueñaAnna NotXavier MajóJoan ColomJordi Gómez I Pratnull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2022)
This novel community intervention was well accepted and effective at reaching a Pakistani migrant population with a low-level knowledge of HCV and largely not tested before. The observed prevalence and the high unawareness of their HCV status justify a targeted screening in this group both in the community and in PC.