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     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Transmission Patterns of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus among Networks of People Who Inject Drugs.
 Pilon R, Leonard L, Kim J, et al
PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22245
 Paper

Health Utilities and Psychometric Quality of Life in Patients With Early- and Late-Stage
Hepatitis C Virus Infection.[Canada]
Hsu PC, Federico CA, Krajden M,
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Jun 16
 Abstract

A systematic review of hepatitis C virus epidemiology in Europe, Canada and Israel.
Cornberg M, Razavi HA, Alberti A, et al
Liver Int. 2011 Jul;31 Suppl 2:30-60.
Abstract

Health care costs associated with hepatitis C: A longitudinal cohort study.[Canada]
 Krajden M, Kuo M, Zagorski B, et al
Can J Gastroenterol. 2010 Dec;24(12):717-26
 Abstract

Access to sterile injecting equipment is more important than awareness of HCV status for injection risk behaviors
among drug users.
 Cox J, Morissette C, De P, Tremblay C, et al   
Subst Use Misuse. 2009;44(4):548-68
 Abstract
 
The social production of hepatitis C risk among injecting drug users: a qualitative synthesis.
 Rhodes T, Treloar C  
Addiction. 2008 Oct;103(10):1593-603.
 Abstract
 
The burden of hepatitis C virus infection is growing: A Canadian population-based study of
hospitalizations from 1994 to 2004.
 Myers RP, Liu M, Shaheen AA.
Can J Gastroenterol. 2008 Apr;22(4):381-7.
 Abstract
 
The depiction of stigmatization in research about hepatitis C.
Paterson BL, Backmund M, Hirsch G, Yim C.
 Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Oct;18(5):364-73.
 Abstract
 
Everybody's got it, but...: situational and strategic participation in normalized HCV discourse
among injection drug users in Edmonton, Canada.
 Wozniak L, Prakash M, Taylor M, Wild TC.  
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Oct;18(5):388-96.
 Abstract
 
Hepatitis C meanings and preventive strategies among street-involved young injection drug
users in Montréal.
Roy E, Nonn E, Haley N, Cox J.
Int J Drug Policy. 2007 Oct;18(5):397-405.
 Abstract

Hepatitis C virus infection among First Nation and non-First Nation people in Manitoba,
Canada  a public health laboratory study.
 Dawood M, Smart G, Wood M, et al
Can J Microbiol. 2006 Oct;52(10):999-1005.
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  The Cedar Project: rapid increase of HCV infections among young Indigenous people who initiated
injection of drugs in two Canadian cities
 P.M. Spittal, M.T. Schechter, A. Moniruzzaman
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
 
The effect of HCV genotype on mortality among HIV-co-infected individuals receiving
antiretroviral treatmentwithin a populational cohort
 N.A. Jahnke, B. Yip, V.D. Lima, et al
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
United States
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infections attributed to narcotic diversion.
Hellinger WC, Bacalis LP, Kay RS, et al
Ann Intern Med. 2012 Apr 3;156(7):477-82.
 Abstract
Hepatitis C virus genotype distribution varies by underlying disease status among patients in the same
geographic region: A retrospective multicenter study.
Torres HA, Nevah MI, Barnett BJ, et al
J Clin Virol. 2012 Mar 27.
Abstract

Economic burden of hepatitis C-associated diseases in the United States.
El Khoury AC, Klimack WK, Wallace C, Razavi H.
J Viral Hepat. 2012 Mar;19(3):153-60.
 Abstract

Assessing educational needs of potential hepatitis C patients at a veterans affairs medical center.
Jennings AR.
 Educ Health (Abingdon). 2011 Dec;24(3):532
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Transmission of hepatitis C virus through transplanted organs and tissue - Kentucky and Massachusetts, 2011.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Dec 23;60:1697-700
 Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTCLE
 Notes from the Field: Risk Factors for Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Young Adults ---
Massachusetts, 2010
CDC
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Oct 28;60:1457-8.
 Paper

Relationship between adherence to hepatitis C virus therapy and virologic outcomes: a cohort study
Lo Re V 3rd, Teal V, Localio AR, et al
Ann Intern Med. 2011 Sep 20;155(6):353-60.
 Abstract

Public Health Implications of Rapid Hepatitis C Screening With an Oral Swab for Community-Based
Organizations Serving High-Risk Populations.
Drobnik A, Judd C, Banach D,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2011 Sep 22.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
 Temporal changes in HCV genotype distribution in three different high risk populations in
San Francisco, California.
Telles Dias P, Hahn JA, Delwart E,  et al 
BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Aug 2;11(1):208
 Paper

Applying a system approach to forecast the total hepatitis C virus-infected population size: model
validation using US data.
Kershenobich D, Razavi HA, Cooper CL,  et al
Liver Int. 2011 Jul;31 Suppl 2:4-17.
Abstract

All-Cause, Liver-Related, and Non-Liver-Related Mortality Among HCV-Infected Individuals
in the General US Population.
El-Kamary SS, Jhaveri R, Shardell MD.
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 10.
 Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in Clinical Specimens Tested at a National Reference
Testing Laboratory in the United States.
Germer JJ, Mandrekar JN, Bendel JL, et al
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May 25
 Abstract

Insurance status and treatment candidacy of hepatitis C patients: Analysis of population-based
data from the United States.
 Stepanova M, Kanwal F, El-Serag HB, Younossi ZM.
Hepatology. 2011 Mar;53(3):737-45
 Abstract

Incident Hepatitis C Virus Infection among US HIV-Infected Men Enrolled in Clinical Trials.
 Taylor LE, Holubar M, Wu K, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jan 31
 Abstract

Humanistic and economic impacts of hepatitis C infection in the United States.
 Dibonaventura MD, Wagner JS, Yuan Y,  et al
J Med Econ. 2010 Nov
Abstract

Barriers to accessing care in patients with chronic hepatitis C: the impact of depression.
 Evon DM, Simpson KM, Esserman D, et al
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Nov;32(9):1163-73.
 Abstract

Expected increase in prevalence of HCV-related cirrhosis and its complications in
the United States: No effect of current antiviral treatment coverage?
 Deuffic-Burban S.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2010 Nov 2
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Evaluation of acute hepatitis C infection surveillance --- United States, 2008.
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Nov 5;59(43):1407
 Paper

Hepatitis C virus prevalence and clearance among US blood donors, 2006-2007:
associations with birth cohort, multiple pregnancies, and body mass index.
 Murphy EL, Fang J, Tu Y,  et al 
J Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 15;202(4):576-84
 Abstract

Utilization and Antiviral Therapy in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C:
Analysis of Ambulatory Care Visits in the US.
 Cheung R, Mannalithara A, Singh G.. et al
Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Feb 26.
 Abstract

Health Care-Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B & C Viruses in Dental Care (Dentistry).
 Younai FS.
 Clin Liver Dis. 2010 Feb;14(1):93-104.
 Abstract

Use of fax-back surveillance to determine epidemiologic and clinical characteristics
of patients diagnosed with hepatitis C in Waterbury, Connecticut.
 Sofair AN, Huie-White S, Stabach N, et al
Conn Med. 2009 Nov-Dec;73(10):593-5.
 Abstract

Aging of the Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Persons in the United States: A Multiple Cohort Model
of HCV Prevalence and Disease Progression.
Davis GL, Alter MJ, El-Serag H,  et al
 Gastroenterology. 2009 Oct 24
 Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus Is Infrequently Evaluated and Treated in an Urban HIV Clinic Population.
 Scott JD, Wald A, Kitahata M, et al
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2009 Oct 14.
 Abstract

Trends in Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Patients in the HIV Outpatient Study,
1996-2007
 Spradling PR, Richardson JT, Buchacz K, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Sep 4
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Population-based surveillance for hepatitis C virus, United States, 2006–2007.
Klevens RM, Miller J, Vonderwahl C, et al
 Emerg Infect Dis]. 2009 Sep
Abstract

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection in New York City, 2004.
 Bornschlegel K, Berger M, Garg RK, et al 
J Urban Health. 2009 Aug 12
 Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Hemodialysis Units: Importance of Infection
Control Practices and Aseptic Technique.
 Thompson ND, Novak RT, Datta D, et al
 Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jul 30
 Abstract

Undiagnosed hepatitis C on the general medicine and trauma services of two urban hospitals.
Brady KA, Weiner M, Turner BJ.
 J Infect. 2009 May 3
 Abstract

Hepatitis C: experiencing stigma.
 Moore GA, Hawley DA, Bradley P.
 Gastroenterol Nurs. 2009 Mar-Apr;32(2):94-104.
 Abstract

A meta-analysis of the hepatitis C virus distribution in diverse racial/ethnic drug injector groups.
 Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Pouget ER, Des Jarlais DD, et al.
Soc Sci Med. 2008 Dec 3
 Abstract
 
Guideline-concordant hepatitis C virus testing and notification among patients with and without
mental disorders.
 Kilbourne AM, McCarthy JF, Himelhoch S, et al
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008 Nov-Dec;30(6):495-500
 Abstract
 
Hepatitis C is a predictor of acute liver injury among hospitalizations for acetaminophen overdose in
the United States: A nationwide analysis.
 Nguyen GC, Sam J, Thuluvath PJ.
Hepatology. 2008 Jul 23;48(4):1336-1341.
 Abstract
 
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infections Attributed to Unsafe Injection Practices at an Endoscopy Clinic ---
Nevada, 2007
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008 May 16;57(19):517-21
 Paper
 
Changing trends in hepatitis C-related mortality in the United States, 1995-2004.
Wise M, Bialek S, Finelli L, et al
 Hepatology. 2007 Dec 19
Abstract
 
Chronic Hepatitis C in the Hispanic/Latino Population Living in the United States:
A Literature Review.
 Blessman DJ.
Gastroenterol Nurs. 2008 January/February;31(1):17-25.
Abstract
 
Acute Hepatitis C in a Contemporary US Cohort: Modes of Acquisition and Factors Influencing
Viral Clearance.
Wang CC, Krantz E, Klarquist J, et al
 J Infect Dis. 2007 Nov 15;196(10):1474-1482
 Abstract
 
The epidemiology of hepatitis C infection in the United States.
 Rustgi VK.
J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul;42(7):513-21.
 Abstract
 
Hepatitis-C prevalence in an urban native-American clinic: a prospective screening study.
 Neumeister AS, Pilcher LE, Erickson JM, et al
J Natl Med Assoc. 2007 Apr;99(4):389-92.
 Abstract
 
Alcohol and hepatitis C mortality among males and females in the United States:
a life table analysis.
 Chen CM, Yoon YH, Yi HY, Lucas DL.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Feb;31(2):285-92
 Abstract
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The emerging importance of chronic hepatitis C infection in asian americans.
 Cheng JT, Hsien C, Josh Sun HE, Tong MJ.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Dec;101(12):2737-43
 Abstract

The prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in the United States, 1999 through 2002.
 Arstrong GL, Wasley A, Simard EP
Ann Intern Med. 2006 May 16;144(10):705-14
Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  POSTER
 Declining Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Incidence Over 20 Years among HIV Positive and Negative
Injection Drug Users (IDU) in Baltimore, MD (1988 to 2008)
 S Mehta, J Astemborski, G Kirk, et al
(17th CROI)
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