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HCV reinfection as a positive indication of high‐risk population treatment access

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HCV reinfection as a positive indication of high‐risk population treatment access
Gregory J Dore

First published: 25 February 2019
https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13092

Strategies to address HCV reinfection and limit its overall impact on HCV elimination are required, but the most important of these is ongoing engagement with high- risk individuals to enable detection of HCV reinfection and its retreatment without stigma and discrimination.

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