Association Between Opioid Agonist Therapy and Testing, Treatment Uptake, and Treatment Outcomes for Hepatitis C Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Jason GrebelyLucy TranLouisa DegenhardtAlexander Dowell-DayThomas SantoSarah LarneyMatthew HickmanPeter VickermanClare FrenchKerryn ButlerDaisy GibbsHeather ValerioPhillip ReadGregory J DoreBehzad HajarizadehPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
OAT can increase linkage to HCV care, including uptake of HCV testing and treatment among PWID. This supports the scale-up of OAT as part of strategies to enhance HCV treatment to further HCV elimination efforts.