Current challenges and possible solutions to improve access to care and treatment for hepatitis C infection in Vietnam: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Berto, Alessandra ^a,b   Day, Jeremy ^a,b   Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen ^c   Thwaites, Guy E ^a,b   My, Ngoc Nghiem ^a   Baker, Stephen ^a,b,d   Darton, Thomas C ^a,e  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hepatitis C virus; Low and middle income countries; Treatment access; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALISPORIVIR;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RNA SEQUENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VIET NAM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEPACIVIRUS; INCIDENCE;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; VIETNAM;

EID: 85018505427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2360-6     Document Type: Article

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