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Feb, 2022
Closer to micro-elimination of HCV in Russian adolescents and children
The REACH Consortium has just published the results of a multi-centre survey, aimed at assessing the uptake of Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the treatment of HCV in children and adolescents living in Russia. The article is available as Open access in the Journal of Virus Eradication. DAAs, new drugs used to treat chronic HCV, have demonstrated high rates of cure with minimal toxicity when compared to interferon-based regimens. They have been available for adults in Russia since 2015 and in 2019 they were approved for treatment of HCV in adolescents […]