Territory-wide population-based study of chronic hepatitis C infection and implications for hepatitis elimination in Hong Kong.
Yee Tak HuiGrace Lai-Hung WongJames Y Y FungHenry L Y ChanNancy W Y LeungSienna D LiuKen LiuYiu Keung MaDavid Y K ButWing Yan MakJacky M C ChanKin Bon LaiChing Kong LooAnnie C Y NgMoon Sing LaiChun Wing ChanJoulen Y L LauTina T T FanAric J HuiBelsy C Y LamWing I CheungOwen T Y TsangKaren LamLawrence S W LaiWai Fan LukMichael K K LiWai Cheung LaoJodis T W LamSteven W C TsangKam Ngai KungWai Hung ChowRonald K N TongThomas K L LuiEdwin H S ShanMan Fung YuenVincent Wai-Sun WongPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Our diagnosis rate, treatment rate and mortality rate reduction were still low, particularly the Peg-IFN outcomes, making it difficult to meet the WHO hepatitis elimination targets. A more generalized use of DAAs is urgently needed to improve the situation.