Open AccessHepatitis C Virus (HCV) Care Continuum Outcomes and HCV Community Viral Loads Among Patients in an Opioid Treatment Program
Author(s) -
Ashly E. Jordan,
Charles M. Cleland,
Bruce R. Schackman,
Katarzyna Wyka,
David C. Perlman,
Denis Nash
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases (online. university of chicago press)/the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiz686
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c virus , viral load , hepatitis c , immunology , virus
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains endemic among people who use drugs (PWUD). Measures of HCV community viral load (CVL) and HCV care continuum outcomes may be valuable for ascertaining unmet treatment need and for HCV surveillance and control.