Scaling up HCV Prevention and Treatment Interventions in Rural USA – Model Projections for Tackling an Increasing Epidemic

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Highlights a study on the rise in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in rural people who inject drugs (PWID) and the necessary interventions to reduce HCV outbreaks in rural communities. Focuses on a rural county in Indiana and evaluates the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) efficacy, syringe-services program (SSP) efficacy, and the PWID population size of the intervention, among other factors.

Hannah Fraser, Jon Zibbell, Thomas Hoerger, et al.

Addiction, 113(1), 173-182

09/2017

Access · Illicit drug use · Infectious diseases · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana