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Global change in hepatitis C virus prevalence and cascade of care between 2015 and 2020: a modelling study.
government reports and personal communications) and were validated among country and territory experts. A Markov model was used to forecast disease burden and cascade of care from 1950 to 2050 for countries ...
Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method
the same time period we also obtained pseudo-anonymized identifier information from treatment and harm reduction service providers. We estimated the total number of PWID in Brussels using ...
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 ...
Distribution of HCV genotypes in Belgium from 2008 to 2015.
2015. Furthermore, a limited number of other variables were collected: some demographic characteristics from the patients and the laboratory technique used for the determination of the HCV genotype. ...
Hepatitis E virus serology and PCR: does the methodology matter?
the presence of HEV IgM and IgG as well as HEV RNA. Serology was performed using six commercial HEV ELISA assays: Biorex, Wantai and Mikrogen IgM and IgG. HEV RNA was detected using one commercial assay ...
Diagnostic hepatitis C testing of people in treatment for substance use disorders in Belgium between 2011 and 2014: a cross-sectional study.
Keywords: Belgium cross-sectional studies Hepacivirus Hepatitis C Humans Mass Screening Substance Abuse, Intravenous Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C prevalence figures for people who use drugs in Belgium ...
Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium based on a capture-recapture and multiplier method
defined as people who injected within the last 12 months, in Brussels using capture-recapture (CRC) methodology. To obtain national estimates, we scaled the proportion of PWID in Brussels to the total ...
Stable HEV IgG seroprevalence in Belgium between 2006 and 2014.
Hepatitis E virus antigen was tested on positive samples. Observed data were modelled using a generalized additive model with a complementary log-log link. No significant differences between birth cohorts or ...