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Treatment and monitoring of children and adolescents with hepatitis C in Russia: Results from a multi-centre survey on policy and practice
| Title: | Treatment and monitoring of children and adolescents with hepatitis C in Russia: Results from a multi-centre survey on policy and practice |
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| Authors: | Farihah Malik, Vladimir Chulanov, Nikolay Pimenov, Anastasia Fomicheva, Rebecca Lundin, Nataliia Levina, Claire Thorne, Anna Turkova, Giuseppe Indolfi |
| Source: | Journal of Virus Eradication, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 100063- (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Microbiology LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | Hepatitis C, Paediatric, Monitoring, Policies, Direct acting antivirals, Microbiology, QR1-502, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | Background: The Russian Federation has the largest paediatric hepatitis C virus (HCV) disease burden in the World Health Organization European region with an estimated 118,000 children living with HCV viraemia. Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been available for adults in Russia since 2015 and approved for treatment of adolescents aged ≥12 years since 2019. We evaluated DAA availability and uptake for HCV treatment of children and adolescents and clinical practices on diagnosis and management of paediatric HCV in Russia. Methods: A survey was distributed to regional ministries of health in 85 administrative regions during September 2020. The survey consisted of 22 items collecting data on: type of facility, aggregate patient characteristics, HCV testing practices for children and pregnant women and HCV management and treatment practices for children. Results: Survey responses were received from 37 of the 85 regions in Russia (response rate 44%). 2159 children and adolescents with chronic HCV were in follow-up; 1089 (50%) were female. Of 2080 children with available data on age-groups, 134 (6%) were |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2055-6640 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664022000012; https://doaj.org/toc/2055-6640 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100063 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/62bb516aee2c47b5a13829c9f654e692 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.62bb516aee2c47b5a13829c9f654e692 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 20556640 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jve.2022.100063 |
| Published in: | Journal of Virus Eradication |
| Language: | English |