Hepatitis C: A Canadian perspective

Naglaa H Shoukry^{1

2}, Jordan J Feld³, Jason Grebely⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
² Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
³ Toronto Centre for Liver Disease and Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Naglaa H Shoukry et al. Can Liver J. 2018.

. 2018 Jul 17;1(2):1-3.

doi: 10.3138/canlivj.1.2.001. eCollection 2018 Spring.

Naglaa H Shoukry^{1

2}, Jordan J Feld³, Jason Grebely⁴

¹ Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
² Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
³ Toronto Centre for Liver Disease and Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have nothing to disclose.

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