The 3rd Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: Expanding care in the interferon-free era

• Main Authors: MacParland, Sonya A, Bilodeau, Marc, Grebely, Jason, Bruneau, Julie, Cooper, Curtis, Klein, Marina, Sagan, Selena M, Choucha, Norma, Balfour, Louise, Bialystok, Frank, Krajden, Mel, Raven, Jennifer, Roberts, Eve, Russell, Rodney, Houghton, Michael, Tyrrell, D Lorne, Feld, Jordan J
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pulsus Group Inc 2014
• Subjects: Commentary; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4205903; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25314353

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) currently infects approximately 250,000 individuals in Canada and causes more years of life lost than any other infectious disease in the country. In August 2011, new therapies were approved by Health Canada that have achieved higher response rates among those treated, but ar...