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. 2015 Mar 10;12(3):e1001795.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001795. eCollection 2015 Mar.

A public health approach to hepatitis C control in low- and middle-income countries

Amitabh B Suthar  1 , Anthony D Harries  2
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A public health approach to hepatitis C control in low- and middle-income countries

Amitabh B Suthar et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In light of new treatment regimens for hepatitis C, Amitabh Suthar and Anthony Harries outline a wider public health approach for tackling the disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Number of deaths due to major communicable diseases in 2013 [4].
Viral hepatitis deaths include those related to acute viral hepatitis, liver cancer secondary to hepatitis B and hepatitis C, and cirrhosis of the liver secondary to hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
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