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Editorial
. 2025 Mar 17;80(3):509-511.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae521.

Meeting People Where They Are: The Roles of Peer Navigation and Telemedicine for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination

Matthew J Akiyama  1 , Karla Thornton  2 , Nick Voyles  3   4 , Louise Vincent  3   5
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Editorial

Meeting People Where They Are: The Roles of Peer Navigation and Telemedicine for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination

Matthew J Akiyama et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HCV; elimination; peer navigation; people who inject drugs (PWID); telemedicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Potential conflicts of interest . M. J. A. has received investigator-initiated research funding from Gilead Sciences and AbbVie for activities unrelated to this work. All other authors report no potential conflicts. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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