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| ISSN |
1007-9327 (print) and 2219-2840 (online) |
| Open Access |
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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© The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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Baishideng Publishing Group Inc, 7041 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 160, Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA |
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http://www.wjgnet.com |
| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Prospective Study |
| Article Title |
Prevalence and knowledge of hepatitis C in a middle-aged population, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Unsolicited Manuscript |
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Jane Vermunt, Margaret Fraser, Peter Herbison, Anna Wiles, Martin Schlup and Michael Schultz |
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| New Zealand Ministry of Health and the Healthcare of Otago Charitable Trust(in part) |
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| Corresponding Author |
Michael Schultz, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. michael.schultz@otago.ac.nz |
| Key Words |
Hepatitis C; Prevalence; Knowledge; Treatment; Transmission; Infection; New Zealand; Direct acting antiviral agents |
| Core Tip |
It is projected that the public health burden due to hepatitis C virus (HCV) will increase substantially over the next 2 decades and that the mortality related to HCV will triple by 2030. We thus require a marked increase in the identification of patients infected with HCV. Safe and successful treatment of those infected is now imminently possible due to the advent of direct acting antiviral agents (DAAs). The number of diagnosed cases must increase substantially to allow DAAs to become cost effective. Our study estimated that 4.01% of asymptomatic 40-59 year old adults living in Dunedin city are infected with HCV. Most have limited knowledge of HCV and its treatment, therefore if educational and health promotion efforts are to produce maximum results for expenditure, they should be designed and targeted at audiences with lower education levels and low socio-economic status, especially immigrants and unemployed persons. |
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2015-09-18 10:11 |
| Citation |
Vermunt J, Fraser M, Herbison P, Wiles A, Schlup M, Schultz M. Prevalence and knowledge of hepatitis C in a middle-aged population, Dunedin, New Zealand. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(35): 10224-10233 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i35/10224.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i35.10224 |
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