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Hepatitis C: prevention, screening, diagnosis

Australia

• Department of Health and Ageing
  • National Hepatitis C Testing Policy May 2007 [2007]

• Medical Services Advisory Committee
  • Hepatitis C viral load testing [2000]

Canada

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Sex differences in injecting practices and hepatitis C: a systematic review of the literature [2004]
  • Hepatitis C virus transmission in the prison/inmate population [2004]

Egypt

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Progress Toward Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus Infection — Egypt, 2001–2012 [2012]

United Kingdom

• Health Technology Assessment
  • The cost-effectiveness of testing for hepatitis C in former injecting drug users [2006]

• Scottish Government Health Directorates
  • Hepatitis C: testing and diagnosis in primary care [2009]

United States of America

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vital Signs: Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Testing and Reporting — Eight U.S. Sites, 2005–2011 [2013]
  • Testing for HCV Infection: An Update of Guidance for Clinicians and Laboratorians [2013]
  • Recommendations for the Identification of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Persons Born During 1945–1965 [2012]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Recommendations for the identification of chronic hepatitis C virus infection among persons born during 1945–1965. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [2012]

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Screening: Hepatitis C Virus Infection [2004]
  • Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection. The Meaning of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force "I" Recommendation [2004]

WHO

• WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • What is the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to reduce hepatitis C infection and the associated morbidity? [2006]

• World Health Organization
  • Collaborative study to evaluate the proposed 4th WHO international standards for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) for Nucleic Acid Amplification Technology (NAT)-Based Assays [2011]

Articles in journals

• Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • Hepatitis C virus: Prevention, screening, and interpretation of assays [2010]

• Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Managing Occupational Risks for Hepatitis C Transmission in the Health Care Setting [2003]

• Expert Reviews
  • Development of hepatitis C virus vaccines: challenges and progress [2009]

• Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
  • A New Insight into Hepatitis C Vaccine Development [2010]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Surgeon, test (and heal) thyself: sharps injuries and hepatitis C risk [2004]

• Virology Journal
  • A brief review on molecular, genetic and imaging techniques for HCV fibrosis evaluation [2011]

• World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Role of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents in the non-invasive assessment of chronic hepatitis C-related liver disease [2006]

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