The need for a European hepatitis C programme monitoring resistance to direct-acting antiviral agents in real life to eliminate hepatitis C

• Main Authors: Stephanie Popping (Author), Valeria Cento (Author), Federico García (Author), Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein (Author), Carole Seguin-Devaux (Author), David A.M.C. Vijver, van de (Author), Charles A. Boucher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that hepatitis C virus (HCV) should be eliminated as a public health threat. A key recommendation to reach this elimination goal, is to reduce new infections by 90% and liver-related mortality by 65%. Highly effective direct-acting antiviral agents (D...