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Hepatitis C disease burden and strategies for elimination by 2030 in Brazil. A ...
Benzaken,Adele Schwartz; Girade,Renato; Catapan,Elisa; Pereira,Gerson Fernando Mendes; Almeida,Elton Carlos de; Vivaldini,Simone; Fernandes,NeideABSTRACT Introduction and aim: Hepatitis C is a key challenge to public health in Brazil. The objective of this paper was to describe the Brazilian strategy for hepatitis C to meet the 2030 elimination goal proposed by World Health Organization (WHO). Methods: A mathematical modeling approach was used to estimate the current HCV-infected Brazilian population, and to evaluate the relative costs of two different ...
Disease burden of chronic hepatitis C in Brazil
Ferreira,Paulo Roberto Abrão; Brandão-Mello,Carlos Eduardo; Estes,Chris; Gonçales Júnior,Fernando Lopes; Coelho,Henrique Sérgio Moraes; Razavi,HomieBackground: Hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; and liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to estimate hepatitis C virus disease progression and the burden of disease from a nationwide perspective.Methods: Using a model developed to forecast hepatitis C virus disease progression and the number of cases at each stage of liver disease; hepatitis C virus-i...