Título : |
Update of hepatitis C in Colombia |
Tipo de documento: |
documento electrónico |
Autores: |
Juan Ignacio Marín Zuluaga, Autor ; Octavio Germán Muñoz Maya, Autor ; Juan Carlos Restrepo Gutiérrez, Autor ; Óscar Mauricio Santos Sánchez, Autor |
Fecha de publicación: |
2018 |
Títulos uniformes: |
Current Tropical Medicine Reports
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Dimensiones: |
PDF |
Idioma : |
Inglés (eng) |
Palabras clave: |
Hepatitis C, HCV, Colombia, South America, Direct-acting antiviral, DAA |
Resumen: |
Purpose of Review The goal is to describe the epidemiology, disease burden and detection, available therapies, and current challenges to access care for people with chronic hepatitis C infection in Colombia. Recent Findings There are no detailed statistics about the prevalence of HCVin Colombia; nonetheless, majority of patients with hepatitis C are infected with genotype 1 and having received blood products before 1996 represents the main risk factor. The use of intravenous drugs has started to be recognized as a population at risk that is in increment. Direct-acting antivirals became available in 2016 in Colombia thanks to a centralized purchase program with the Pan American Health Organization. Summary There are well-established guidelines for the use of available antivirals for all disease stages and genotypes and sustained virologic response (SVR) rates are 95 to 100%. Underdiagnosis, access and linkage to care, and disease stigmatization have contributed to a low number of patients that have actually completed their therapy. |
Referencia : |
Curr Trop Med Rep (2018) 5: 133 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) : |
10.1007/s40475-018-0147-5 |
En línea: |
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40475-018-0147-5 |
Link: |
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Update of hepatitis C in Colombia [documento electrónico] / Juan Ignacio Marín Zuluaga, Autor ; Octavio Germán Muñoz Maya, Autor ; Juan Carlos Restrepo Gutiérrez, Autor ; Óscar Mauricio Santos Sánchez, Autor . - 2018 . - ; PDF. Oeuvre : Current Tropical Medicine ReportsIdioma : Inglés ( eng)
Palabras clave: |
Hepatitis C, HCV, Colombia, South America, Direct-acting antiviral, DAA |
Resumen: |
Purpose of Review The goal is to describe the epidemiology, disease burden and detection, available therapies, and current challenges to access care for people with chronic hepatitis C infection in Colombia. Recent Findings There are no detailed statistics about the prevalence of HCVin Colombia; nonetheless, majority of patients with hepatitis C are infected with genotype 1 and having received blood products before 1996 represents the main risk factor. The use of intravenous drugs has started to be recognized as a population at risk that is in increment. Direct-acting antivirals became available in 2016 in Colombia thanks to a centralized purchase program with the Pan American Health Organization. Summary There are well-established guidelines for the use of available antivirals for all disease stages and genotypes and sustained virologic response (SVR) rates are 95 to 100%. Underdiagnosis, access and linkage to care, and disease stigmatization have contributed to a low number of patients that have actually completed their therapy. |
Referencia : |
Curr Trop Med Rep (2018) 5: 133 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) : |
10.1007/s40475-018-0147-5 |
En línea: |
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40475-018-0147-5 |
Link: |
./index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=3423 |
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