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Impact of current and scaled-up levels of hepatitis C prevention and treatment interventions for people who inject drugs in three UK settings-what is required to achieve the WHO's HCV elimination targets?

Zoe WardLucy PlattSedona SweeneyVivian D HopeLisa MaherSharon HutchinsonNorah E PalmateerJosie SmithNoel CraineAvril TaylorNatasha MartinRachel AyresJohn DillonMatthew HickmanPeter Vickerman
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2018)
Current opioid substitution therapy and high-coverage needle and syringe provision coverage is averting substantial hepatitis C transmission in the United Kingdom. Maintaining this coverage while getting current drug injectors onto treatment can reduce incidence by 90% by 2030.
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