| Title | Clinical outcomes of hepatitis C treatment in a prison setting: feasibility and effectiveness for challenging treatment populations. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Maru, Duncan Smith-Rohrberg, Robert Douglas Bruce, Sanjay Basu, and Frederick L. Altice |
| Journal | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pagination | 952-61 |
| Date Published | 2008 Oct 1 |
| ISSN | 1537-6591 |
| Keywords | Adult, Antiviral Agents, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Hepatitis C, Humans, Interferon-alpha, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Polyethylene Glycols, Prisoners, Prisons, Recombinant Proteins, Retrospective Studies, Ribavirin |
| Abstract | More than one-third of people in the United States with hepatic C virus (HCV) infection pass through the correctional system annually. Data are lacking on outcomes of treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (PEG-RBV) in correctional settings. |
| DOI | 10.1086/591707 |
| Alternate Journal | Clin. Infect. Dis. |
