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Canada
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Injection Drug Use, Unemployment, and Severe Food Insecurity Among HIV-HCV Co-Infected Individuals: A Mediation Analysis.
McLinden T, Moodie EEM, Hamelin AM, et al
AIDS Behav. 2017 Jul 19.
Abstract

Benzodiazepine Use and Hepatitis C Seroconversion in a Cohort of Persons Who Inject Drugs
Bach P, Walton G, Hayashi K, et al 
Am J Public Health. 2016 Mar 17:e1-e6.
Abstract

Transmission of hepatitis C virus infection among younger and older people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada.
Jacka B, Applegate T, Poon AF, et al 
J Hepatol
. 2016 Feb 25. pii: S0168-8278(16)00165
Abstract

Frequent injection cocaine use increases the risk of renal impairment among hepatitis C and HIV co-infected patients.
Rossi C, Cox J, Cooper C, Martel-Laferrière V, et al

AIDS
. 2016 Feb 8
Abstract

From principles to practice: Description of a novel equity-based HCV primary care treatment model for PWID.
Milne R, Price M, Wallace B, et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Jul 21
Abstract

Beyond viral response: A prospective evaluation of a community-based, multi-disciplinary, peer-driven model of HCV treatment and support.
Mason K, Dodd Z, Sockalingam S, et al
Int J Drug Policy.
2015 Apr 29.
Abstract

Visits to primary care physicians among persons who inject drugs at high risk of hepatitis C virus infection: room for improvement.
Artenie AA, Jutras-Aswad D, Roy É, et al
J Viral Hepat. 2015 Jan 14.
Abstract

Methamphetamine injecting is associated with phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus infection among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada.
Cunningham EB, Jacka B, DeBeck K, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Apr 20.
Abstract

CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network Co-Infection and Concurrent Diseases Core: Updated Canadian guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C infection in HIV-hepatitis C coinfected adults.
Hull M, Shafran S, Tseng A,  et al
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2014 Nov-Dec;25(6):311-20.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Portraying persons who inject drugs recently infected with hepatitis C accessing antiviral treatment: a cluster analysis.
Bamvita JM, Roy E, Zang G, et al
Hepat Res Treat. 2014;2014:631481.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Prescription opioid injection and risk of hepatitis C in relation to traditional drugs of misuse in a prospective cohort of street youth.
Hadland SE, DeBeck K, Kerr T, et al

BMJ Ope
n
. 2014 Jul 21;4(7):e005419.
Paper

Phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada.
B J, T A, M K,  et al
Hepatology. 2014 Jul 12.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Declining Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among People Who Inject Drugs in a Canadian Setting, 1996-2012.
Grebely J, Lima VD, Marshall BD, et al
PLoS One. 2014 Jun 4;9(6):e97726.
Paper

Sustained drug use changes following hepatitis C screening and counseling among recently infected persons who inject drugs: a longitudinal study.
Bruneau J, Zang G, Abrahamowicz M,  et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Dec 20.
Abstract

Injection of drug residue as a potential risk factor for HCV acquisition among Montréal young injection drug users.
Roy E, Arruda N, Leclerc P,  et al

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2012 Jun 12.
Abstract

The rising prevalence of prescription opioid injection and its association with hepatitis C incidence
among street-drug users.
Bruneau J, Roy E, Arruda N, Zang G, Jutras-Aswad D.

Addiction
. 2012 Jan 16.
Abstract

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

Emergency Department Utilization among a Cohort of HIV-positive Injecting Drug Users
in a Canadian Setting
Fairbairn N, Milloy MJ, Zhang R, et al

J Emerg Med
. 2011 Jun 2
Abstract

[Estimated] Treatment costs of hepatitis C infection among injection drug users
in Canada, 2006-2026.
Werb D, Wood E, Kerr T,  et al

Int J Drug Policy
. 2010 Nov 2.
Abstract

Survival sex work involvement as a primary risk factor for hepatitis C virus
acquisition in drug-using youths in a Canadian setting.
Shannon K, Kerr T, Marshall B, Li K, et al
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Jan;164(1):61-5.
Abstract

 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POSTER
Clinical outcomes among HIV-hepatitis C co-infected adults with and without injection drug use history in a multi-site Canadian cohort
A. Cescon, K. Chan, J. Raboud, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Poster    Abstract

POSTER
Mortality and loss to follow-up among HIV-hepatitis C co-infected individuals in Canada with and without injection drug use history: a competing risks analysis
A. Cescon, K. Chan, J. Raboud, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Poster     Abstract


United States
       

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C in Injection-Drug Users - A Hidden Danger of the Opioid Epidemic.
Liang TJ, Ward JW.
N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 29;378(13):1169-1171.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Potential geographic "hotspots" for drug-injection related transmission of HIV and HCV and for initiation into injecting drug use in New York City, 2011-2015, with implications for the current opioid epidemic in the US.
Des Jarlais DC, Cooper HLF, Arasteh K, et al
PLoS One. 2018 Mar 29;13(3):e0194799.
Paper

The next wave of hepatitis C virus: The epidemic of intravenous drug use.
Shiffman ML.

Liver Int
. 2018 Feb;38 Suppl 1:34-39
.
Abstract

Increases in Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Related to a Growing Opioid Epidemic and Associated Injection Drug Use, United States, 2004 to 2014.
Zibbell JE, Asher AK, Patel RC, ey al

Am J Public Health. 2017 Dec 21:e1-e7.
Abstract

Seroprevalence of HCV and HIV infection among clients of the nation's longest-standing statewide syringe exchange program: A cross-sectional study of Community Health Outreach Work to Prevent AIDS (CHOW) Project participants, Hawai'i, 2012.
Salek TP, Katz AR, Lenze SM,
 et
al
Int J Drug Policy
. 2017 Aug 2;48:34
Abstract

Cross-border injection drug use and HIV and hepatitis C virus seropositivity among people who inject drugs in San Diego, California.
Horyniak D, Wagner KD, Armenta RF,  et al

Int J Drug Policy
.
2017 Jul 3;47:9-17
.
Abstract

State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services For Persons Who Inject Drugs - United States, 2015-2016.
Campbell CA, Canary L, Smith N, et al
 
Am J Transplant
. 2017 Jul;17(7):1945-1948.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
State HCV Incidence and Policies Related to HCV Preventive and Treatment Services for Persons Who Inject Drugs - United States, 2015-2016.
Campbell CA, Canary L, Smith N, et al
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 May 12
;
Paper

"It's Not What You Know but Who You Know": Role of Social Capital in Predicting Risky Injection Drug Use Behavior in a Sample of People who Inject Drugs in Baltimore City.
Kumar PC, McNeely J, Latkin CA. 

J Subst Use
.
2016;21(6):620-626.

Abstract

County-Level Vulnerability Assessment for Rapid Dissemination of HIV or HCV Infections Among Persons Who Inject Drugs, United States.
Van Handel MM, Rose CE,  et al
J
Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 Nov 1;73(3):323-331.
Abstract

The Shift in Emphasis From Risk-Based to Age-Based Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Testing in the US Tends to Remove Injection Drug Use From Discourse on HCV.
Jordan AE, Perlman DC.
Subst Use Misuse. 2016 Oct 21:
Abstract

High-impact hepatitis C virus testing for injection drug users in an urban ED.
Anderson ES, Pfeil SK, Deering LJ, et al

Am J Emerg Med
. 2016 Mar 3.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Agent-Based Model Forecasts Aging of the Population of People Who Inject Drugs in Metropolitan Chicago and Changing Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infections.
Gutfraind A, Boodram B, Prachand N, et al;

PLoS One
. 2015 Sep 30;10(9):e0137993.
Paper

Dead space in over-the-counter syringes: The implications for HIV and HCV transmission.
Oramasionwu CU, Bailey SC, Moore HN,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2015 Aug 13.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Mathematical Modeling of Hepatitis C Prevalence Reduction with Antiviral Treatment Scale-Up in Persons Who Inject Drugs in Metropolitan Chicago.h
Echevarria D, Gutfraind A, Boodram B, et al
PLoS One
. 2015 Aug 21;10(8):e0135901.

Paper

Opioid Use Trajectories, Injection Drug Use and HCV Risk among Young Adult Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union Living in New York City.
Guarino H, Marsch LA, Deren S, et al

J Addict Dis
. 2015 Jul 1:0.
Abstract

Associations between prescription opioid injection and Hepatitis C virus among young injection drug users.
Lankenau S, Kecojevic A, Silva K.
Drugs (
Abingdon Engl)
. 2015;22(1):35-42.
Abstract

Awareness of HCV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in San Diego, California.
Collier MG, Bhaurla SK, Cuevas-Mota J,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2014 Dec 18:e1-e2
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Intimate Injection Partnerships Are at Elevated Risk of High-Risk Injecting: A Multi-Level Longitudinal Study of HCV-Serodiscordant Injection Partnerships in San Francisco, CA.
Morris MD, Evans J, Montgomery M, et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Oct 6;9(10):e109282.
Paper

Risk Factors for HCV Infection Among Young Adults in Rural New York Who Inject Prescription Opioid Analgesics.
Zibbell JE, Hart-Malloy R, Barry J, et al
Am J Public Health
. 2014 Sep 11:e1 al
Abstract

Emerging Epidemic of Hepatitis C Virus Infections Among Young Non-Urban Persons who Inject Drugs in the United States, 2006-2012.
Suryaprasad AG, White JZ, Xu F,  et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Aug 11. pii: ciu643
Abstract

Concordance of risk behavior reporting within HCV serodiscordant injecting partnerships of young injection drug users in San Francisco, CA.
Evans JL, Morris MD, Yu M, Page K, Hahn JA.

Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2014 Jul 4.

Abstract

Hepatitis C Prevention and Needle Exchange Programs in Rhode Island: ENCORE.
Joseph R, Kofman A, Larney S, Fitzgerald P.

R I Med J (2013)
. 2014 Jul 1;96(7):31-4.
Abstract

Unmet Health Care Needs and Hepatitis C Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in Denver and Seattle, 2009.
Al-Tayyib AA, Thiede H, Burt RD, Koester S.
Prev Sci. 2014 Jun 27.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Higher risk of incident hepatitis C virus among young women who inject drugs compared with young men in association with sexual relationships: a prospective analysis from the UFO Study cohort.
Tracy D, Hahn JA, Fuller Lewis C, et al

BMJ Open
. 2014 May 29;4(5):e004988
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Estimating the Number of Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States by Meta-Analysis to Calculate National Rates of HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections.
Lansky A, Finlayson T, Johnson C, et al

PLoS On
e
. 2014 May 19;9(5):e97596.
Paper

Hepatitis C Virus-Related Knowledge and Willingness to Receive Treatment Among Patients on Methadone Maintenance.
Zeremski M, Dimova RB, Zavala R,  et al
J Addict Med
. 2014 May 9.
Abstract

Confronting the Emerging Epidemic of HCV Infection Among Young Injection Drug Users.
Valdiserri R, Khalsa J, Dan C,  et al
Am J Public Health
. 2014 Mar 13.
Abstract

Transitions from injecting to non-injecting drug use: Potential protection against HCV infection.
Des Jarlais DC, McKnight C, Arasteh K,  et al

J Subst Abuse Treat
. 2014 Mar;46(3):325-31.
Abstract

Barriers and facilitators of hepatitis C screening among people who inject drugs: a multi-city, mixed-methods study.
Barocas JA, Brennan MB, Hull SJ, et al
Harm Reduct J
. 2014 Jan 14;11(1):
Abstract

"To Share or Not to Share?" Serosorting by Hepatitis C Status in the Sharing of Drug Injection Equipment Among NHBS-IDU2 Participants.
Smith BD, Jewett A, Burt RD,  et al
 
J Infect Dis
. 2013 Dec;208(12):1934-42

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus control among persons who inject drugs requires overcoming barriers to care.
Zeremski M, Zibbell JE, Martinez AD, et al
World J Gastroenterol. 2013 Nov 28;19(44):7846-7851
Abstract

Hepatitis-C Multimedia Prevention Program in Poor Hispanic HIV-Infected Injecting drug users: Six Months after Intervention.
Mayor AM, Fernández DM, Colón CM, et al
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2013 Nov;24(4 Suppl):29-37
Abstract

Seroprevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B Virus, and HCV Among Injection Drug Users in Connecticut: Understanding Infection and Coinfection Risks in a Nonurban Population.
Akselrod H, Grau LE, Barbour R, Heimer R.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct 17.

Abstract

"To share or not to share?" Serosorting by hepatitis C status in the sharing of drug injection equipment among NHBS-IDU2 participants.
Smith BD, Jewett A, Burt RD,  et al
J Infect Dis
. 2013 Oct 16.
Abstract

Injection drug use and hepatitis C virus infection in young adult injectors: using evidence to inform comprehensive prevention.
Page K, Morris MD, Hahn JA,  et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug;57 Suppl 2:S32-8.
Abstract

Missed Opportunities for Hepatitis C Testing in Opioid Treatment Programs.
Frimpong JA.

Am J Public Health
. 2013 Apr 18

Abstract

Predictors of Active Injection Drug Use in a Cohort of Patients Infected With Hepatitis C Virus.
Reed C, Bliss C, Stuver SO, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2013 Jan;103(1):105-111
Abstract

Individual and Network Factors Associated With Prevalent Hepatitis C Infection Among Rural Appalachian Injection Drug Users.
Havens JR, Lofwall MR, Frost SD,  et al
Am J Public Health. 2013 Jan;103(1):e44-e52
Abstract

Predictors of Active Injection Drug Use in a Cohort of Patients Infected With Hepatitis C Virus.
Reed C, Bliss C, Stuver SO, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2012 Nov 15
Abstract

Frequent longitudinal sampling of HCV infection in IDU reveals intermittently detectable viremia and reinfection
Page K, Osburn W, Evans J, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Oct 22
Abstract

A simple strategy to identify acute HCV infection among newly incarcerated injection drug users.
Kim AY, Nagami EH, Birch CE, et al

Hepatology
. 2012 Oct 30.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Cost Effectiveness of Screening Strategies for Early Identification of HIV and HCV Infection in Injection Drug Users.
Cipriano LE, Zaric GS, Holodniy M,et al
PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45176
Paper

Concurrent group treatment for hepatitis C: Implementation and outcomes in a methadone maintenance treatment program.
Stein MR, Soloway IJ, Jefferson KS,
 et al
J Subst Abuse
Treat
. 2012 Oct
Abstract

HCV Infection Prevalence Lower Than Expected among 18-40-Year-Old Injection Drug Users in San Diego, CA.
Garfein RS, Rondinelli A, Barnes RF,et al  

J Urban Health
. 2012 Jul 6.
Abstract

Resilience Among IDUs: Planning Strategies to Help Injection Drug Users to Protect Themselves and
Others From HIV/HCV Infections.
Sirikantraporn S, Mateu-Gelabert P, et al

Subst Use Misuse
. 2012 May 10.

Abstract

Field-based performance of three pre-market rapid hepatitis C virus antibody assays in STAHR (Study to Assess Hepatitis C Risk) among young adults who inject drugs in San Diego, CA.
Jewett A, Smith BD, Garfein RS, et al

J Clin Virol
. 2012 May 3.
Abstract

Injection behaviors among injection drug users in treatment: The role of hepatitis C awareness.
Korthuis PT, Feaster DJ, Gomez ZL,  et al

Addict Behv
. 2011 Dec 14
Abstract

Meta-Analysis of Hepatitis C Seroconversion in Relation to Shared Syringes and Drug Preparation
Equipment.

Pouget ER, Hagan H, Des Jarlais DC.
Addiction. 2011 Dec 13.
Abstract

CXCL9 and CXCL10 Chemokines as Predictors of Liver Fibrosis in a Cohort of Primarily African-American
I
njection Drug Users With Chronic Hepatitis C.
Zeremski M, Dimova R, Astemborski J, et al

J Infect Dis
. 2011 Sep;204(6):832-6.
Abstract

Prevalence of HCV risk behaviors among prison inmates: tattooing and injection drug use.
Peña-Orellana M, Hernández-Viver A,  et al
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011;22(3):962-82.
Abstract

Associations Between Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 and HCV With HIV Among
Injecting Drug Users in New York City.
Des Jarlais D, Arasteh K, McKnight C, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2011 May 12

Abstract

Diagnosis of depression in former injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.
Scott JD, Wang CC, Coppel E, et al

J Clin Gastroenterol
. 2011 May-Jun;45(5):462-7.

Abstract

Assessing Candidacy for Acute Hepatitis C Treatment Among Active Young Injection Drug Users:
A Case-Series Report.
Asher A, Lum PJ, Page K.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2011 Apr 14
Abstract

 

    

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