Prospective evaluation of the impact of repeated whole prison testing for hepatitis C
A follow-up HITT after 4 years yielded only 0.3% active HCV infection in a high HCV prevalence prison and a reasonably good reception testing and treatment programme. Therefore, resources should be focused on optimising reception testing rather than undertaking repeated HITTs.
Authors
- Colin Lawton
- Francesca McCullough
- Naw April Phaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3413-9313)
- Lee A. Christensen
- Caroline Allsop
- Carolyn R. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-1818)
- Jodi Aldridge
- Craig J. Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9308-6736)
- Kate McQue
- Ryan Jelley
- Manoj Valappil
- Stuart McPherson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-2453)
- Tony Jefferson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-2521)
- Jenna Kerry
- Aung Min Thant
Institutions
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- The Hepatitis C Trust (GB)
- Spectrum Community Health CIC (GB)
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2024-001593
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.32
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Medical Research Council
- NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre