Acceptability of Rapid Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Tests Among People Who Inject Drugs and Utilize Syringe-Exchange Programs | Zendy

Joshua A. Barocas | Zendy; Benjamin P. Linas | Zendy; Arthur Y. Kim | Zendy; John Fangman | Zendy; Ryan P. Westergaard | Zendy

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Acceptability of Rapid Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Tests Among People Who Inject Drugs and Utilize Syringe-Exchange Programs

Author(s) -

Joshua A. Barocas,

Benjamin P. Linas,

Arthur Y. Kim,

John Fangman,

Ryan P. Westergaard

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw075

Subject(s) - medicine , syringe , hepatitis c , point of care testing , point of care , virology , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , immunology

People who inject drugs may benefit from point-of-care hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing offered at syringe exchanges. We sought to understand whether this population would be willing to undergo rapid HCV testing. We found that there was broad support for rapid HCV testing, especially among younger people who inject drugs with high perceived risk.

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