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. 2023 Feb;30(2):176-178.
doi: 10.1111/jvh.13762. Epub 2022 Nov 26.

Poor linkage to care may compromise the Brazilian plan for hepatitis C elimination

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt  1   2   3   4 , Márcia do Socorro Ferreira Iasi  1   2   5 , Mônica Valverde Viana  1   2 , Deborah Maia Crespo  1   2 , Eduardo Emerim  1   2   6   7 , Patricia Souza de Almeida Borges  1   2   8 , Antonio Ricardo Cardia de Andrade  3 , Liana Codes  1   2   3   4 , Maria Lúcia Gomes Ferraz  1   2   9
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Poor linkage to care may compromise the Brazilian plan for hepatitis C elimination

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt et al. J Viral Hepat. 2023 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: hepatitis C elimination; hepatitis C virus; linkage; public health; screening.

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