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A systematic review and meta-analysis of community and primary-care-based hepatitis C testing and treatment services that employ direct acting antiviral drug treatments by Radley, Andrew, Robinson, Emma, Aspinall, Esther J, Angus, Kathryn, Tan, Lex, Dillon, John F

“…Direct Acting Antiviral (DAAs) drugs have a much lower burden of treatment and monitoring requirements than regimens containing interferon and ribavirin, and a…”
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Are needle and syringe programmes associated with a reduction in HIV transmission among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis by ASPINALL, Esther J, NAMBIAR, Dhanya, GOLDBERG, David J, HICKMAN, Matthew, WEIR, Amanda, VAN VELZEN, Eva, PALMATEER, Norah, DOYLE, Joseph S, HELLARD, Margaret E, HUTCHINSON, Sharon J

“…Needle and syringe programmes (NSP) aim to reduce the risk of HIV by providing people who inject drugs (PWID) with sterile injecting equipment. A recent review…”
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Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among People Who Are Actively Injecting Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Aspinall, Esther J., Corson, Stephen, Doyle, Joseph S., Grebely, Jason, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Dore, Gregory J., Goldberg, David J., Hellard, Margaret E.

“…Background. Although guidelines recommend that people who inject drugs (PWID) should not be excluded from hepatitis C (HCV) treatment, some services remain…”
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Hepatitis E virus infection in Europe: surveillance and descriptive epidemiology of confirmed cases, 2005 to 2015 by Aspinall, Esther J, Couturier, Elisabeth, Faber, Mirko, Said, Bengü, Ijaz, Samreen, Tavoschi, Lara, Takkinen, Johanna, Adlhoch, Cornelia

“…Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an under-recognised cause of acute hepatitis in high-income countries. The purpose of this study was to provide an overview of…”
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The contribution of alcohol use disorder to decompensated cirrhosis among people with hepatitis C: An international study by Alavi, Maryam, Janjua, Naveed Z., Chong, Mei, Grebely, Jason, Aspinall, Esther J., Innes, Hamish, Valerio, Heather M., Hajarizadeh, Behzad, Hayes, Peter C., Krajden, Mel, Amin, Janaki, Law, Matthew G., George, Jacob, Goldberg, David J., Hutchinson, Sharon J., Dore, Gregory J.

“…[Display omitted] •Alcohol use disorder is a major contributor to HCV-related liver disease burden.•Alcohol use could reduce individual and population level…”
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Commentary on Bretana et al. (2020): Prevention and treatment in the prison setting will be key to achieving HCV elimination by Aspinall, Esther J., Fernandez‐Montero, Jose V.

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Mortality and cause of death in a cohort of people who had ever injected drugs in Glasgow: 1982–2012 by Nambiar, Dhanya, Weir, Amanda, Aspinall, Esther J, Stoové, Mark, Hutchinson, Sharon, Dietze, Paul, Waugh, Lynsey, Goldberg, David J

“…Highlights • Thirty years of mortality in a cohort of people who had ever injected drugs (PWID) recruited through in-patient drug rehabilitation services in…”
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Inpatient hospital burden of hepatitis C‐diagnosed patients with decompensated cirrhosis by McDonald, Scott A., Innes, Hamish A., Aspinall, Esther J., Hayes, Peter C., Alavi, Maryam, Valerio, Heather, Goldberg, David J., Hutchinson, Sharon J.

“…Background & Aims To describe the burden on inpatient hospital resources over time from patients diagnosed with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and who have…”
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Trends in mortality after diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection: An international comparison and implications for monitoring the population impact of treatment by Aspinall, Esther J, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Janjua, Naveed Z, Grebely, Jason, Yu, Amanda, Alavi, Maryam, Amin, Janaki, Goldberg, David J, Innes, Hamish, Law, Matthew, Walter, Scott R, Krajden, Mel, Dore, Gregory J

“…Background & Aims People living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at increased risk of all-cause and liver-related mortality, although successful treatment has…”
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Hepatitis C reinfection following treatment induced viral clearance among people who have injected drugs by Weir, Amanda, McLeod, Allan, Innes, Hamish, Valerio, Heather, Aspinall, Esther J, Goldberg, David J, Barclay, Stephen T, Dillon, John F, Fox, Ray, Fraser, Andrew, Hayes, Peter C, Kennedy, Nicholas, Mills, Peter R, Stanley, Adrian J, Aitken, Celia, Gunson, Rory, Templeton, Kate, Hunt, Alison, McIntyre, Paul, Hutchinson, Sharon J

“…Highlights • A novel record-linkage approach is applied to examine the incidence of HCV reinfection. • More frequent HCV RNA testing post SVR is required to…”
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Treatment as Prevention: Should Hepatitis C Learn the Lessons from HIV? by Fernández-Montero, José Vicente, Aspinall, Esther J, Burns, James E

“…Long-term experience in the treatment of HIV-infected individuals has shown indirect benefits of early initiation of antiretroviral therapy, particularly in…”
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Liver mortality attributable to chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Denmark and Scotland—Using spontaneous resolvers as the benchmark comparator by Innes, Hamish, Hutchinson, Sharon J., Obel, Niels, Christensen, Peer B., Aspinall, Esther J., Goldberg, David, Krarup, Henrik, McDonald, Scott A., McLeod, Allan, Weir, Amanda, Omland, Lars H.

“…Liver mortality among individuals with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection is common, but the relative contribution of CHC per se versus adverse health…”
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Evidence of continued injecting drug use after attaining sustained treatment-induced clearance of the hepatitis C virus: Implications for reinfection by Valerio, Heather, Goldberg, David J, Lewsey, James, Weir, Amanda, Allen, Samuel, Aspinall, Esther J, Barclay, Stephen T, Bramley, Peter, Dillon, John F, Fox, Ray, Fraser, Andrew, Hayes, Peter C, Innes, Hamish, Kennedy, Nicholas, Mills, Peter R, Stanley, Adrian J, Hutchinson, Sharon J

“…Highlights • We followed-up a nationally representative cohort of 1170 people who inject drugs (PWID) who had attained sustained viral response (SVR). • Data…”
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A retrospective study of secondary bacteraemia in hospitalised adults with community acquired non-typhoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis by Parry, Christopher M, Thomas, Sherine, Aspinall, Esther J, Cooke, Richard P D, Rogerson, Stephen J, Harries, Anthony D, Beeching, Nicholas J

“…The clinical significance of bacteraemia secondary to non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) gastroenteritis in hospitalised adults is uncertain. Adults admitted to a…”
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Global policy and access to new hepatitis C therapies for people who inject drugs by Doyle, Joseph S, Aspinall, Esther J, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Quinn, Brendan, Gore, Charles, Wiktor, Stefan Z, Hellard, Margaret E

“…Highlights • We consider how current global hepatitis C guidelines can apply to PWID. • Scaling-up treatment to PWID has potential to improve individual and…”
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Expansion of HCV treatment access to people who have injected drugs through effective translation of research into public health policy: Scotland's experience by Hutchinson, Sharon J, Dillon, John F, Fox, Ray, McDonald, Scott A, Innes, Hamish A, Weir, Amanda, McLeod, Allan, Aspinall, Esther J, Palmateer, Norah E, Taylor, Avril, Munro, Alison, Valerio, Heather, Brown, Gareth, Goldberg, David J

“…Highlights • A Government-backed and invested HCV Plan can transform services and improve lives. • Surveillance/research data were crucial in leveraging…”
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Treatment as Prevention: Should Hepatitis C Learn the Lessons from HIV? by Fernandez-Montero, Jose Vicente, Aspinall, Esther J, Burns, James E

“…Long-term experience in the treatment of HIV-infected individuals has shown indirect benefits of early initiation of antiretroviral therapy, particularly in…”
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Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among People Who Are Actively Injecting Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Prevention and Management of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs: Moving the Agenda Forward by ASPINALL, Esther J, CORSON, Stephen, DOYLE, Joseph S, GREBELY, Jason, HUTCHINSON, Sharon J, DORE, Gregory J, GOLDBERG, David J, HELLARD, Margaret E

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