Impact of 'Sambhav' Program (Financial Assistance and Counselor Services) on Hepatitis C Pegylated Interferon Alpha Treatment Initiation in India

Autor: Ajit Sood, Vandana Midha, Shivalingappa S. Halli, Vikram Narang, Ramit Mahajan, Varun Mehta, Kirandeep Kaur, Vijay Surlikar, Subodh Kanchi, Dharmatma Singh

Publikováno v: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol 7, Iss 12, Pp 1138-1144 (2018)

Background Financial constraints, social taboos and beliefs in alternative medicine are common reasons for delaying or not considering treatment for hepatitis C in India. The present study was planned to analyze the impact of non-banking interest fr

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Clustering of hepatitis C virus antibody positivity within households and communities in Punjab, India

Autor: Francisco Averhoff, Adam Trickey, Peter Vickerman, Claudia Vellozzi, Subodh Kanchi, Ajit Sood, Vandana Midha, William W. Thompson, Margaret T May, Vijay Surlikar, Shaun Shadaker

Publikováno v: Trickey, A, Sood, A, Midha, V, Thompson, W, Vellozzi, C, Shadaker, S, Surlikar, V, Kanchi, S, Vickerman, P, May, M T & Averhoff, F 2019, ' Clustering of hepatitis C virus antibody positivity within households and communities in Punjab, India ', Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 147, e283 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268819001705
Epidemiology and Infection

To better understand hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemiology in Punjab state, India, we estimated the distribution of HCV antibody positivity (anti-HCV+) using a 2013–2014 HCV household seroprevalence survey. Household anti-HCV+ clustering was investi

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268819001705

The burden of hepatitis C virus infection in Punjab, India: A population-based serosurvey

Autor: Eddas Bennett, Parmod Mittal, Ravinder Garg, Subodh Kanchi, Adam Trickey, Suresh K Sharma, Vandana Midha, Peter Vickerman, Saleem Kamili, Monique A Foster, Ajit Sood, Francisco Averhoff, Anil Suryaprasad, Vijay Surlikar, Margaret T May, Fernando Alvarez-Bognar, Shaun Shadaker

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 7, p e0200461 (2018)
Sood, A, Suryaprasad, A, Trickey, A, Kanchi, S, Midha, V, Foster, M, Bennett, E, Kamili, S, Alvarez-Bognar, F, Shadaker, S, Surlikar, V, Garg, R, Mittal, P, Sharma, S, May, M, Vickerman, P & Averhoff, F 2018, ' The Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Punjab, India : A Population-based Serosurvey ', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 7, e0200461 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200461
PLoS ONE

Introduction Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection prevalence is believed to be elevated in Punjab, India; however, state-wide prevalence data are not available. An understanding of HCV prevalence, risk factors and genotype distribution can be used to pl

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200461