REtrieval And cure of Chronic Hepatitis C (REACH): Results of micro-elimination in the Utrecht province.
Patricia A M KrachtJoop E ArendsKarel J van ErpecumSteven F T ThijsenBart J M VlaminckxAnnemarie J L WeersinkAnne M J WensingMarjolein P H DeegeMarieke DimmendaalPaul H G M StadhoudersPhilip W FriederichMarc A M T VerhagenGreet J BolandAndy I M HoepelmanPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
To completely eliminate chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and prevent complications, undiagnosed and also previously diagnosed but lost to follow-up (LFU) HCV patients have to be brought (back) into care for therapy. Retrieval of LFU HCV patients through screening of laboratory diagnostics from the past is feasible and most successful when performed regionally.