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SUBMITTER: Fraser H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7415256 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fraser Hannah H Vellozzi Claudia C Hoerger Thomas J TJ Evans Jennifer L JL Kral Alex H AH Havens Jennifer J Young April M AM Stone Jack J Handanagic Senad S Hariri Susan S Barbosa Carolina C Hickman Matthew M Leib Alyssa A Martin Natasha K NK Nerlander Lina L Raymond Henry F HF Page Kimberly K Zibbell Jon J Ward John W JW Vickerman Peter P
American journal of epidemiology 20190801 8
In the United States, hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission is rising among people who inject drugs (PWID). Many regions have insufficient prevention intervention coverage. Using modeling, we investigated the impact of scaling up prevention and treatment interventions on HCV transmission among PWID in Perry County, Kentucky, and San Francisco, California, where HCV seroprevalence among PWID is >50%. A greater proportion of PWID access medication-assisted treatment (MAT) or syringe service program ...[more]