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Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study.

started in early 2020, many countries and territories were making progress toward hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination. This study aims to evaluate HCV burden in 2020, and forecast HCV burden by 2030 given ...

Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: E Plettinckx; L Van Baelen Source: International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU), Arud Centres for ...

Challenges to Differentiate Hepatitis C Genotype 1 and 6: Results from A Field-Study in Cambodia.

different methods used for hepatitis C (HCV) genotyping in a Cambodian HCV / HIV coinfection project. METHODS: Samples of 106 patients were available. HCV genotyping was initially (63 samples) done by the ...

Epidemiology and genotype 3 subtype dynamics of hepatitis E virus in Belgium, 2010 to 2017.

BackgroundHepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging public health concern in high-income countries and can cause acute and chronic hepatitis. Reported numbers of indigenously acquired HEV infection have increased in the ...

Low hepatitis C prevalence in Belgium: implications for treatment reimbursement and scale up.

Verburgh; Marjorie Meurisse; Steven Van Gucht; Veronik Hutse Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Prevalence data of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are needed ...

Subtype-specific differences in the risk of hospitalisation among patients infected with hepatitis E virus genotype 3 in Belgium, 2010-2018.

established to date. Here, we report that patients infected with HEV-3c were at lower risk of hospitalisation, compared to those infected with HEV-3f, the other main subtype circulating in Belgium. Health ...

Distribution of HCV genotypes in Belgium from 2008 to 2015.

However they are outdated, lack nationwide representativeness or were not conducted in the general population. METHODS: In order to determine the distribution of different circulating HCV genotypes in ...

Hepatitis E virus serology and PCR: does the methodology matter?

of six serological assays and three PCR assays for the detection of HEV was evaluated. In the setting of the Ghent University Hospital, patients with clinically suspected HEV infection were tested for ...

Diagnostic hepatitis C testing of people in treatment for substance use disorders in Belgium between 2011 and 2014: a cross-sectional study.

Belgian health insurance companies. By using national nomenclature codes for HCV tests, the number of people in treatment for substance use disorders who were tested on HCV, were estimated. RESULTS: 18,880 ...

Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method

number of this population in Belgium based on two existing drug treatment registers, which were then multiplied with the result of the CRC. Results The total population of PWID is estimated to be 703 (95% ...

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