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Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action by Degenhardt, Louisa, Grebely, Jason, Stone, Jack, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman, Peter, Marshall, Brandon D L, Bruneau, Julie, Altice, Frederick L, Henderson, Graeme, Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin, Larney, Sarah

“…We summarise the evidence for medicinal uses of opioids, harms related to the extramedical use of, and dependence on, these drugs, and a wide range of…”
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Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage systematic review by Degenhardt, Louisa, Peacock, Amy, Colledge, Samantha, Leung, Janni, Grebely, Jason, Vickerman, Peter, Stone, Jack, Cunningham, Evan B, Trickey, Adam, Dumchev, Kostyantyn, Lynskey, Michael, Griffiths, Paul, Mattick, Richard P, Hickman, Matthew, Larney, Sarah

“…Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a…”
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Prevalence and burden of HCV co-infection in people living with HIV: a global systematic review and meta-analysis by Platt, Lucy, Dr, Easterbrook, Philippa, MD, Gower, Erin, MPH, McDonald, Bethan, PhD, Sabin, Keith, PhD, McGowan, Catherine, PhD, Yanny, Irini, MBChB, Razavi, Homie, PhD, Vickerman, Peter, Prof

“…Summary Background At global level, there are 37 million people infected with HIV and 115 million people with antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Little is…”
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Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review by Larney, Sarah, Peacock, Amy, Leung, Janni, Colledge, Samantha, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman, Peter, Grebely, Jason, Dumchev, Kostyantyn V, Griffiths, Paul, Hines, Lindsey, Cunningham, Evan B, Mattick, Richard P, Lynskey, Michael, Marsden, John, Strang, John, Degenhardt, Louisa

“…People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the global HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics. HIV and HCV prevention interventions for…”
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Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed by Degenhardt, Louisa, Prof, Mathers, Bradley, MBChB, Vickerman, Peter, DPhil, Rhodes, Tim, Prof, Latkin, Carl, PhD, Hickman, Matt, Prof

“…Summary HIV can spread rapidly between people who inject drugs (through injections and sexual transmission), and potentially the virus can pass to the wider…”
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Global estimates of prevalent and incident herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in 2012 by Looker, Katharine J, Magaret, Amalia S, Turner, Katherine M E, Vickerman, Peter, Gottlieb, Sami L, Newman, Lori M

“…Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection causes significant disease globally. Adolescent and adult infection may present as painful genital ulcers…”
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Global and Regional Estimates of Prevalent and Incident Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Infections in 2012 by Looker, Katharine J, Magaret, Amalia S, May, Margaret T, Turner, Katherine M E, Vickerman, Peter, Gottlieb, Sami L, Newman, Lori M

“…Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) commonly causes orolabial ulcers, while HSV-2 commonly causes genital ulcers. However, HSV-1 is an increasing cause of…”
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Effect of HSV-2 infection on subsequent HIV acquisition: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Looker, Katharine J, Elmes, Jocelyn A R, Gottlieb, Sami L, Schiffer, Joshua T, Vickerman, Peter, Turner, Katherine M E, Boily, Marie-Claude

“…HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections cause a substantial global disease burden and are epidemiologically correlated. Two previous systematic…”
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Public health and international drug policy by Csete, Joanne, PhD, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Prof, Kazatchkine, Michel, Prof, Altice, Frederick, Prof, Balicki, Marek, MD, Buxton, Julia, Prof, Cepeda, Javier, PhD, Comfort, Megan, PhD, Goosby, Eric, Prof, Goulão, João, MD, Hart, Carl, Prof, Kerr, Thomas, Prof, Lajous, Alejandro Madrazo, Prof, Lewis, Stephen, Prof, Martin, Natasha, DPhil, Mejía, Daniel, Prof, Camacho, Adriana, Prof, Mathieson, David, MA, Obot, Isidore, Prof, Ogunrombi, Adeolu, Sherman, Susan, Prof, Stone, Jack, MS, Vallath, Nandini, MBBS, Vickerman, Peter, PhD, Zábranský, Tomáš, Prof, Beyrer, Chris, Prof

“…In September, 2015, the member states of the UN endorsed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, which aspire to human-rights-centred approaches to…”
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The perfect storm: incarceration and the high-risk environment perpetuating transmission of HIV, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by Altice, Frederick L, Prof, Azbel, Lyuba, MSc, Stone, Jack, MMathStat, Brooks-Pollock, Ellen, PhD, Smyrnov, Pavlo, MPH, Dvoriak, Sergii, MD, Taxman, Faye S, Prof, El-Bassel, Nabila, Prof, Martin, Natasha K, DPhil, Booth, Robert, Prof, Stöver, Heino, Prof, Dolan, Kate, Prof, Vickerman, Peter, Prof

“…Summary Despite global reductions in HIV incidence and mortality, the 15 UNAIDS-designated countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) that gained…”
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First estimates of the global and regional incidence of neonatal herpes infection by Looker, Katharine J, Dr, Magaret, Amalia S, PhD, May, Margaret T, PhD, Turner, Katherine M E, PhD, Vickerman, Peter, PhD, Newman, Lori M, MD, Gottlieb, Sami L, MD

“…Summary Background Neonatal herpes is a rare but potentially devastating condition with an estimated 60% fatality rate without treatment. Transmission usually…”
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Antiretroviral therapy uptake, attrition, adherence and outcomes among HIV-infected female sex workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mountain, Elisa, Mishra, Sharmistha, Vickerman, Peter, Pickles, Michael, Gilks, Charles, Boily, Marie-Claude

“…We aimed to characterize the antiretroviral therapy (ART) cascade among female sex workers (FSWs) globally. We systematically searched PubMed, Embase and…”
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Prioritization of HCV treatment in the direct-acting antiviral era: An economic evaluation by Martin, Natasha K, Vickerman, Peter, Dore, Gregory J, Grebely, Jason, Miners, Alec, Cairns, John, Foster, Graham R, Hutchinson, Sharon J, Goldberg, David J, Martin, Thomas C.S, Ramsay, Mary, Hickman, Matthew

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Crowdsourcing to expand HIV testing among men who have sex with men in China: A closed cohort stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled trial by Tang, Weiming, Wei, Chongyi, Cao, Bolin, Wu, Dan, Li, Katherine T, Lu, Haidong, Ma, Wei, Kang, Dianmin, Li, Haochu, Liao, Meizhen, Mollan, Katie R, Hudgens, Michael G, Liu, Chuncheng, Huang, Wenting, Liu, Aifeng, Zhang, Ye, Smith, M Kumi, Mitchell, Kate M, Ong, Jason J, Fu, Hongyun, Vickerman, Peter, Yang, Ligang, Wang, Cheng, Zheng, Heping, Yang, Bin, Tucker, Joseph D

“…HIV testing rates are suboptimal among at-risk men. Crowdsourcing may be a useful tool for designing innovative, community-based HIV testing strategies to…”
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HIV prevention is not all about HIV - using a discrete choice experiment among women to model how the uptake and effectiveness of HIV prevention products may also rely on pregnancy and STI protection by Vickerman, Peter, Quaife, Matthew, Kilbourne-Brook, Maggie, Mvundura, Mercy, Eakle, Robyn, Terris-Prestholt, Fern

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, considerable HIV-burden exists among women. Anti-retroviral (ARV) based prevention products could decrease this burden, and their uptake…”
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Integrated treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: A multicenter randomized controlled trial (INTRO-HCV) by Fadnes, Lars T, Aas, Christer Frode, Vold, Jørn Henrik, Leiva, Rafael Alexander, Ohldieck, Christian, Chalabianloo, Fatemeh, Skurtveit, Svetlana, Lygren, Ole Jørgen, Dalgård, Olav, Vickerman, Peter, Midgard, Håvard, Løberg, Else-Marie, Johansson, Kjell Arne

“…Background The standard pathways of testing and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in tertiary healthcare are not easily accessed by people who…”
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Health and economic benefits of achieving hepatitis C virus elimination in Pakistan: A modelling study and economic analysis by Lim, Aaron G, Scott, Nick, Walker, Josephine G, Hamid, Saeed, Hellard, Margaret, Vickerman, Peter

“…Modelling suggests that achieving the WHO incidence target for hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination in Pakistan could cost US$3.87 billion over 2018 to 2030…”
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Global reporting of progress towards elimination of hepatitis B and hepatitis C by Cui, Fuqiang, Blach, Sarah, Manzengo Mingiedi, Casimir, Gonzalez, Monica Alonso, Sabry Alaama, Ahmed, Mozalevskis, Antons, Séguy, Nicole, Rewari, Bharat Bhushan, Chan, Po-Lin, Le, Linh-Vi, Doherty, Meg, Luhmann, Niklas, Easterbrook, Philippa, Dirac, Mae, de Martel, Catherine, Nayagam, Shevanthi, Hallett, Timothy B, Vickerman, Peter, Razavi, Homie, Lesi, Olufunmiayo, Low-Beer, Daniel

“…The 69th World Health Assembly endorsed the global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030…”
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How much demand for New HIV prevention technologies can we really expect? Results from a discrete choice experiment in South Africa by Terris-Prestholt, Fern, Hanson, Kara, MacPhail, Catherine, Vickerman, Peter, Rees, Helen, Watts, Charlotte

“…For the first time in the history of HIV, new bio-medical interventions have been shown to be effective in preventing HIV transmission. For these new HIV…”
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The Potential Impact of a Hepatitis C Vaccine for People Who Inject Drugs: Is a Vaccine Needed in the Age of Direct-Acting Antivirals? by Stone, Jack, Martin, Natasha K, Hickman, Matthew, Hellard, Margaret, Scott, Nick, McBryde, Emma, Drummer, Heidi, Vickerman, Peter

“…The advent of highly effective hepatitis C (HCV) treatments has questioned the need for a vaccine to control HCV amongst people who inject drugs (PWID)…”
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