Publications by authors named "Jeffrey V Lazarus"

100Publications

Author Correction: A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Scott C Ratzan Adam Palayew Lawrence O Gostin Heidi J Larson Kenneth Rabin Spencer Kimball Ayman El-Mohandes

Nat Med 2021 Jan 11. Epub 2021 Jan 11.

City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, NY, USA.

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January 2021

Progress towards hepatitis C virus elimination in high-income countries: an updated analysis.

Authors:
Ivane Gamkrelidze Jean-Michel Pawlotsky Jeffrey V Lazarus Jordan J Feld Stefan Zeuzem Yanjun Bao Ana Gabriela Pires Dos Santos Yuri Sanchez Gonzalez Homie Razavi

Liver Int 2021 Jan 2. Epub 2021 Jan 2.

Center for Disease Analysis, Lafayette, United States.

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January 2021

HIV care models during the COVID-19 era.

Authors:
Giovanni Guaraldi Jovana Milic Esteban Martinez Adeeba Kamarulzaman Cristina Mussini Laura Waters Anton Pozniak Patrick Mallon Jürgen Rockstroh Jeffrey V Lazarus

Clin Infect Dis 2020 Dec 19. Epub 2020 Dec 19.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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December 2020

Searching PubMed to Retrieve Publications on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparative Analysis of Search Strings.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Adam Palayew Lauge Neimann Rasmussen Tue Helms Andersen Joey Nicholson Ole Norgaard

J Med Internet Res 2020 11 26;22(11):e23449. Epub 2020 Nov 26.

Danish Diabetes Knowledge Center, Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.

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November 2020

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on harm reduction services in Spain.

Authors:
Camila A Picchio Jorge Valencia Jason Doran Tracy Swan Marta Pastor Elisa Martró Joan Colom Jeffrey V Lazarus

Harm Reduct J 2020 11 4;17(1):87. Epub 2020 Nov 4.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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November 2020

A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Scott C Ratzan Adam Palayew Lawrence O Gostin Heidi J Larson Kenneth Rabin Spencer Kimball Ayman El-Mohandes

Nat Med 2020 Oct 20. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York NY, USA.

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October 2020

Strengthening integration of chronic care in Africa: protocol for the qualitative process evaluation of integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension care in a cluster randomised controlled trial in Tanzania and Uganda.

Authors:
Marie-Claire Van Hout Max Bachmann Jeffrey V Lazarus Elizabeth Henry Shayo Dominic Bukenya Camila A Picchio Moffat Nyirenda Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga Josephine Birungi Joseph Okebe Shabbar Jaffar

BMJ Open 2020 10 7;10(10):e039237. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

Department of International Public Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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October 2020

COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10).

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Scott Ratzan Adam Palayew Francesco C Billari Agnes Binagwaho Spencer Kimball Heidi J Larson Alessia Melegaro Kenneth Rabin Trenton M White Ayman El-Mohandes

PLoS One 2020 6;15(10):e0240011. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York, United States of America.

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October 2020

A global investment framework for the elimination of hepatitis B.

Authors:
Jessica Howell Alisa Pedrana Sophia E Schroeder Nick Scott Lisa Aufegger Rifat Atun Ricardo Baptista-Leite Gottfried Hirnschall Ellen 't Hoen Sharon J Hutchinson Jeffrey V Lazarus Lesi Olufunmilayo Raquel Peck Manik Sharma Annette H Sohn Alexander Thompson Mark Thursz David Wilson Margaret Hellard

J Hepatol 2020 Sep 22. Epub 2020 Sep 22.

Disease Elimination Programme, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Monash University, Australia.

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September 2020

Hepatitis C prevalence in Denmark in 2016-An updated estimate using multiple national registers.

Authors:
Stine Nielsen Janne Fuglsang Hansen Gordon Hay Susan Cowan Peter Jepsen Lars Haukali Omland Henrik Bygum Krarup Jacob Søholm Jeffrey V Lazarus Nina Weis Anne Øvrehus Peer Brehm Christensen

PLoS One 2020 3;15(9):e0238203. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.

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October 2020

Accelerating the elimination of hepatitis C in Kuwait: An expert opinion.

Authors:
Fuad Hasan Ahmad Alfadhli Abeer Al-Gharabally Mahmoud Alkhaldi Massimo Colombo Jeffrey V Lazarus

World J Gastroenterol 2020 Aug;26(30):4415-4427

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

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August 2020

Alcohol Use Disorder and Hepatitis C Prevention and Care in People Who Inject Drugs: The State of Play.

Authors:
Fabienne Marcellin Antoine Jaquet Jeffrey V Lazarus Patricia Molina Patrizia Carrieri

Semin Liver Dis 2020 Aug 26. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Economiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Marseille, France.

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August 2020

Reducing Read Time of Point-of-Care Test Does Not Affect Detection of Hepatitis C Virus and Reduces Need for Reflex RNA.

Authors:
David Smookler Aaron Vanderhoff Mia J Biondi Jorge Valencia Pablo Ryan Joel Karkada Rachel Hong Izza Sattar Erin Mandel Martina Gjevori Julia Casey David Fletcher Hemant Shah Bettina E Hansen Camelia Capraru Harry L A Janssen Jeffrey V Lazarus Jordan J Feld

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 Aug 4. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Viral Hepatitis Care Network (VIRCAN), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:

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August 2020

Strengthening vaccine confidence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A new opportunity for global hepatitis B virus elimination.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Camila A Picchio Shevanthi Nayagam Scott Ratzan Mark Thursz

J Hepatol 2020 09 27;73(3):490-492. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

MRC Centre for Infectious Disease Analysis, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

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September 2020

Global hepatitis C elimination: an investment framework.

Authors:
Alisa Pedrana Jessica Howell Nick Scott Sophia Schroeder Christian Kuschel Jeffrey V Lazarus Rifat Atun Ricardo Baptista-Leite Ellen 't Hoen Sharon J Hutchinson Lisa Aufegger Raquel Peck Annette H Sohn Tracy Swan Mark Thursz Olufunmilayo Lesi Manik Sharma John Thwaites David P Wilson Margaret Hellard

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 10 27;5(10):927-939. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Disease Elimination Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Doherty Institute and Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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October 2020

Do the most heavily burdened countries have the right policies to eliminate viral hepatitis B and C?

Authors:
Adam Palayew Homie Razavi Sharon J Hutchinson Graham S Cooke Jeffrey V Lazarus

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 10 27;5(10):948-953. Epub 2020 Jul 27.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:

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October 2020

Simplification of Care for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Authors:
Jean-Michel Pawlotsky Christian B Ramers John F Dillon Jordan J Feld Jeffrey V Lazarus

Semin Liver Dis 2020 Jul 28. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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July 2020

The Hep-CORE policy score: A European hepatitis C national policy implementation ranking based on patient organization data.

Authors:
Adam Palayew Samya R Stumo Graham S Cooke Sharon J Hutchinson Marie Jauffret-Roustide Mojca Maticic Magdalena Harris Ammal M Metwally Homie Razavi Jeffrey V Lazarus

PLoS One 2020 28;15(7):e0235715. Epub 2020 Jul 28.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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September 2020

Progress towards elimination goals for viral hepatitis.

Authors:
Andrea L Cox Manal H El-Sayed Jia-Horng Kao Jeffrey V Lazarus Maud Lemoine Anna S Lok Fabien Zoulim

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 09 23;17(9):533-542. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Medical School, Lyon University, Lyon, France.

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September 2020

An evaluation of self-management outcomes among chronic care patients in community home-based care programmes in rural Malawi: A 12-month follow-up study.

Authors:
Vibian Angwenyi Joske Bunders-Aelen Bart Criel Jeffrey V Lazarus Carolien Aantjes

Health Soc Care Community 2020 Jul 16. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

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July 2020

Ethical issues in intervention studies on the prevention and management of diabetes and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa.

Authors:
Elizabeth Shayo Marie Claire Van Hout Josephine Birungi Anupam Garrib Sokoine Kivuyo Sayoki Mfinanga Moffat J Nyrienda Ivan Namakoola Joseph Okebe Kaushik Ramaiya Max Oscar Bachmann Walter Cullen Jeffrey V Lazarus Geoff Gill Tinevimbo Shiri Dominic Bukenya Hazel Snell Mastula Nanfuka Luis E Cuevas Meshack Shimwela Gerald Mutungi Joshua Musinguzi Janneth Mghamba Kenneth Mugisha Shabbar Jaffar Peter G Smith Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo

BMJ Glob Health 2020 07;5(7)

College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

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July 2020

'I don't want anyone to know': Experiences of obtaining access to HIV testing by Eastern European, non-European Union sex workers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Authors:
Anna Tokar Jacob Osborne Robbert Hengeveld Jeffrey V Lazarus Jacqueline E W Broerse

PLoS One 2020 7;15(7):e0234551. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute (APH), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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September 2020

Pandemic publishing poses a new COVID-19 challenge.

Authors:
Adam Palayew Ole Norgaard Kelly Safreed-Harmon Tue Helms Andersen Lauge Neimann Rasmussen Jeffrey V Lazarus

Nat Hum Behav 2020 07;4(7):666-669

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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July 2020

Keeping governments accountable: the COVID-19 Assessment Scorecard (COVID-SCORE).

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Agnes Binagwaho Ayman A E El-Mohandes Jonathan E Fielding Heidi J Larson Antoni Plasència Vytenis Andriukaitis Scott C Ratzan

Nat Med 2020 07;26(7):1005-1008

City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, New York, NY, USA.

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July 2020

A letter of solidarity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Francesco Negro Manal El-Sayed Massimo Colombo

Liver Int 2020 11 28;40(11):2877-2878. Epub 2020 Jun 28.

EASL International Liver Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.

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November 2020

NAFLD - sounding the alarm on a silent epidemic.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Massimo Colombo Helena Cortez-Pinto Terry T-K Huang Veronica Miller Michael Ninburg Jörn M Schattenberg Lynn Seim Vincent W S Wong Shira Zelber-Sagi

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 07;17(7):377-379

School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

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July 2020

Context matters: a qualitative study of the practicalities and dilemmas of delivering integrated chronic care within primary and secondary care settings in a rural Malawian district.

Authors:
Vibian Angwenyi Carolien Aantjes Joske Bunders-Aelen Bart Criel Jeffrey V Lazarus

BMC Fam Pract 2020 06 8;21(1):101. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Calle del Rossellón 132, ES-08036, Barcelona, Spain.

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June 2020

Reply to: "Caveats for the implementation of global strategies against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease".

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Helena Cortez-Pinto Quentin M Anstee

J Hepatol 2020 Jul 10;73(1):221-222. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Translational & Clinical Research Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

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July 2020

Ability to Monitor National Responses to the HIV Epidemic "Beyond Viral Suppression": Findings From Six European Countries.

Authors:
Kelly Safreed-Harmon Meaghan Kall Jane Anderson Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat Georg M N Behrens Antonella d'Arminio Monforte Udi Davidovich Teymur Noori Jeffrey V Lazarus

Front Public Health 2020 20;8:36. Epub 2020 Mar 20.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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March 2020

Novel health systems service design checklist to improve healthcare access for marginalised, underserved communities in Europe.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Lee Baker Mario Cascio Denis Onyango Eberhard Schatz Alyna C Smith Freek Spinnewijn

BMJ Open 2020 04 6;10(4):e035621. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA), Brussels, Belgium.

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April 2020

A micro-elimination approach to addressing hepatitis C in Turkey.

Authors:
Ramazan Idilman Homie Razavi Sarah Robbins-Scott Ulus Salih Akarca Necati Örmeci Sabahattin Kaymakoglu Bilgehan Aygen Nurdan Tozun Rahmet Güner Hurrem Bodur Jeffrey V Lazarus

BMC Health Serv Res 2020 Mar 24;20(1):249. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Calle del Rossellón 132, 4th Floor, ES-08036, Barcelona, Spain.

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March 2020

Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus From a Prevalent Kidney Transplant Recipient Population: A Single-Center Study in Belgium in the Direct-Acting Antivirals Era.

Authors:
Arnaud Devresse Bénédicte Delire Jeffrey V Lazarus Benoit Kabamba Martine De Meyer Michel Mourad Antoine Buemi Tom Darius Jean-François Cambier Eric Goffin Michel Jadoul Nada Kanaan

Transplant Proc 2020 Apr 3;52(3):815-822. Epub 2020 Mar 3.

Department of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address:

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April 2020

Eliminating viral hepatitis C in Belgium: the micro-elimination approach.

Authors:
Dana Busschots Samira Toghanian Rob Bielen Stina Salomonsson Özgür M Koc Greet Hendrickx Michel Jadoul Frederik Nevens Etienne Sokal Christian Brixko Kathelijne Peerlinck Ludwig Apers Geert Robaeys Jeffrey V Lazarus

BMC Infect Dis 2020 Feb 27;20(1):181. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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February 2020

The paediatric population: the forgotten element to eliminating hepatitis C virus.

Authors:
Sabela Lens Jeffrey V Lazarus

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020 04 16;5(4):334-335. Epub 2020 Jan 16.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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April 2020

Securing sustainable funding for viral hepatitis elimination plans.

Authors:
Angelos Hatzakis Jeffrey V Lazarus Evangelos Cholongitas Ricardo Baptista-Leite Charles Boucher Cristian-Silviu Busoi Sylvie Deuffic-Burban Jagpreet Chhatwal Gamal Esmat Sharon Hutchinson Minerva-Melpomeni Malliori Mojca Maticic Antons Mozalevskis Francesco Negro George A Papandreou George V Papatheodoridis Markus Peck-Radosavljevic Homie Razavi Tatjana Reic Eberhard Schatz Nurdan Tozun Zobair Younossi Michael P Manns

Liver Int 2020 02 5;40(2):260-270. Epub 2019 Dec 5.

Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Hannover, Germany.

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February 2020

Patient-reported outcomes to enhance person-centred HIV care.

Authors:
Meaghan Kall Fabienne Marcellin Richard Harding Jeffrey V Lazarus Patrizia Carrieri

Lancet HIV 2020 01 24;7(1):e59-e68. Epub 2019 Nov 24.

Aix Marseille University, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institution Française Publique de Recherche, Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé et Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Marseille, France; Observatoire Régional de la Santé Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France.

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January 2020

Reorienting health systems to care for people with HIV beyond viral suppression.

Authors:
Kelly Safreed-Harmon Jane Anderson Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat Georg M N Behrens Antonella d'Arminio Monforte Udi Davidovich Julia Del Amo Meaghan Kall Teymur Noori Kholoud Porter Jeffrey V Lazarus

Lancet HIV 2019 12 24;6(12):e869-e877. Epub 2019 Nov 24.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:

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December 2019

Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in a country with universal access to direct-acting antiviral agents: Data for designing a cost-effective elimination policy in Spain.

Authors:
Javier Crespo Antonio Cuadrado Christie Perelló Joaquin Cabezas Susana Llerena Javier Llorca Sergio Cedillo Elba Llop María Desamparados Escudero Marta Hernández Conde Laura Puchades Carlos Redondo José I Fortea Angel Gil de Miguel Miguel A Serra Jeffrey V Lazarus José Luis Calleja

J Viral Hepat 2020 04 6;27(4):360-370. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma Madrid, Majadahonda, Spain.

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April 2020

Elimination of hepatitis C. Positioning document of the Spanish Association for the Study of the Liver (AEEH).

Authors:
Javier Crespo Agustín Albillos María Buti José Luis Calleja Javier García-Samaniego Manuel Hernández-Guerra Trinidad Serrano Juan Turnes Enrique Acín Juan Berenguer Marina Berenguer Joan Colom Inmaculada Fernández Conrado Fernández Rodríguez Xavier Forns Federico García Rafael Granados Jeffrey V Lazarus Jose María Molero Esther Molina Fernando Pérez Escanilla Juan A Pineda Manuel Rodríguez Manuel Romero Carlos Roncero Pablo Saiz de la Hoya Gloria Sánchez Antolín

Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 Nov 5;42(9):579-592. Epub 2019 Oct 5.

Servicio de Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Valladolid, España.

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November 2019

Hepatitis C Virus Epidemiology and the Impact of Interferon-Free Hepatitis C Virus Therapy.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Elena Roel Ahmed M Elsharkawy

Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2020 03 2;10(3). Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom.

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March 2020

Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

Authors:
Christina Fitzmaurice Degu Abate Naghmeh Abbasi Hedayat Abbastabar Foad Abd-Allah Omar Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Abdelalim Amir Abdoli Ibrahim Abdollahpour Abdishakur S M Abdulle Nebiyu Dereje Abebe Haftom Niguse Abraha Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad Ahmed Abualhasan Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji Shailesh M Advani Mohsen Afarideh Mahdi Afshari Mohammad Aghaali Dominic Agius Sutapa Agrawal Ayat Ahmadi Elham Ahmadian Ehsan Ahmadpour Muktar Beshir Ahmed Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Tomi Akinyemiju Ziyad Al-Aly Assim M AlAbdulKader Fares Alahdab Tahiya Alam Genet Melak Alamene Birhan Tamene T Alemnew Kefyalew Addis Alene Cyrus Alinia Vahid Alipour Syed Mohamed Aljunid Fatemeh Allah Bakeshei Majid Abdulrahman Hamad Almadi Amir Almasi-Hashiani Ubai Alsharif Shirina Alsowaidi Nelson Alvis-Guzman Erfan Amini Saeed Amini Yaw Ampem Amoako Zohreh Anbari Nahla Hamed Anber Catalina Liliana Andrei Mina Anjomshoa Fereshteh Ansari Ansariadi Ansariadi Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah Morteza Arab-Zozani Jalal Arabloo Zohreh Arefi 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Zangeneh Leila Zaki Kazem Zendehdel Zerihun Menlkalew Zenebe Taye Abuhay Zewale Arash Ziapour Sanjay Zodpey Christopher J L Murray

JAMA Oncol 2019 Dec;5(12):1749-1768

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle.

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December 2019

A cross-sectional study of the public health response to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Europe.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Mattias Ekstedt Giulio Marchesini Jillian Mullen Katja Novak Juan M Pericàs Elena Roel Manuel Romero-Gómez Vlad Ratziu Frank Tacke Helena Cortez-Pinto Quentin M Anstee

J Hepatol 2020 01 10;72(1):14-24. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

Institute of Cellular Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom; The Liver Unit & NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

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January 2020

Mining Social Media for Perceptions and Trends on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.

Authors:
Christine Kakalou Jeffrey V Lazarus Vassilis Koutkias

Stud Health Technol Inform 2019 Aug;264:959-963

Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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August 2019

France removes hepatitis C treatment prescriber restrictions-But what is the impact of the delay for key populations?

Authors:
Fabienne Marcellin Perrine Roux Jeffrey V Lazarus Benjamin Rolland Patrizia Carrieri

Liver Int 2019 12 22;39(12):2418-2419. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, IRD, SESSTIM, Sciences Économiques & Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Marseille, France.

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December 2019

Innovative strategies for the elimination of viral hepatitis at a national level: A country case series.

Authors:
Sophia E Schröeder Alisa Pedrana Nick Scott David Wilson Christian Kuschel Lisa Aufegger Rifat Atun Ricardo Baptista-Leite Maia Butsashvili Manal El-Sayed Aneley Getahun Saeed Hamid Radi Hammad Ellen 't Hoen Sharon J Hutchinson Jeffrey V Lazarus Olufunmilayo Lesi Wangsheng Li Rosmawati Binti Mohamed Sigurdur Olafsson Raquel Peck Annette H Sohn Mark Sonderup Catherine W Spearman Tracy Swan Mark Thursz Tim Walker Margaret Hellard Jessica Howell

Liver Int 2019 10 4;39(10):1818-1836. Epub 2019 Sep 4.

Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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October 2019

Assessing quality of life in people with HIV in Spain: psychometric testing of the Spanish version of WHOQOL-HIV-BREF.

Authors:
Maria Jose Fuster-RuizdeApodaca Ana Laguía Kelly Safreed-Harmon Jeffrey V Lazarus Santiago Cenoz Julia Del Amo

Health Qual Life Outcomes 2019 Aug 19;17(1):144. Epub 2019 Aug 19.

Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

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August 2019

Excellence in viral hepatitis elimination - Lessons from Georgia.

Authors:
Francisco Averhoff Jeffrey V Lazarus David Sergeenko Massimo Colombo Amiran Gamkrelidze Tengiz Tsertsvadze Maia Butsashvili David Metreveli Lali Sharvadze Margaret Hellard Stefano Gnes Tamar Gabunia Muazzam Nasrullah

J Hepatol 2019 10 26;71(4):645-647. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Viral Hepatitis National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Atlanta, USA. Electronic address:

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October 2019

The Consensus Hepatitis C Cascade of Care: Standardized Reporting to Monitor Progress Toward Elimination.

Authors:
Kelly Safreed-Harmon Sarah Blach Soo Aleman Signe Bollerup Graham Cooke Olav Dalgard John F Dillon Gregory J Dore Ann-Sofi Duberg Jason Grebely Knut Boe Kielland Håvard Midgard Kholoud Porter Homie Razavi Mark Tyndall Nina Weis Jeffrey V Lazarus

Clin Infect Dis 2019 11;69(12):2218-2227

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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November 2019

Elimination of hepatitis C virus infection among people who use drugs: Ensuring equitable access to prevention, treatment, and care for all.

Authors:
Jason Grebely Behzad Hajarizadeh Jeffrey V Lazarus Julie Bruneau Carla Treloar

Int J Drug Policy 2019 10 23;72:1-10. Epub 2019 Jul 23.

Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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October 2019

Too many people with viral hepatitis are diagnosed late - with dire consequences.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Camila Picchio John F Dillon Jürgen K Rockstroh Nina Weis Maria Buti

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 08;16(8):451-452

Liver Unit, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

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August 2019

Geographic analysis and estimation of hepatitis C cases in migrant populations living in Spain: is a country-based screening strategy appropriate?

Authors:
María Esther Alarcón Linares Alberto Torres Cantero Carme Subirá Oriana Ramírez Rubio Javier Crespo Jeffrey V Lazarus Ana Requena-Méndez

Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2019 Aug;111(8):615-625

Barcelona Institute for Global Health, (ISGlobal-CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, SPAIN.

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August 2019

Patient-provider perspectives on self-management support and patient empowerment in chronic care: A mixed-methods study in a rural sub-Saharan setting.

Authors:
Vibian Angwenyi Carolien Aantjes Joske Bunders-Aelen Jeffrey V Lazarus Bart Criel

J Adv Nurs 2019 Nov 21;75(11):2980-2994. Epub 2019 Jul 21.

Unit of Equity and Health, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine. Nationalestraat, Antwerp, Belgium.

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November 2019

Changes to the national strategies, plans and guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs between 2013 and 2016: a cross-sectional survey of 34 European countries.

Authors:
Mojca Maticic Jerneja Videcnik Zorman Sergeja Gregorcic Eberhard Schatz Jeffrey V Lazarus

Harm Reduct J 2019 05 9;16(1):32. Epub 2019 May 9.

Barcelona Institute forGlobal Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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May 2019

Development of a scale for measuring collaboration between physicians and nurses in primary health-care teams.

Authors:
Lina Jaruseviciene Ausrine Kontrimiene Apolinaras Zaborskis Ida Liseckiene Gediminas Jarusevicius Leonas Valius Jeffrey V Lazarus

J Interprof Care 2019 Nov-Dec;33(6):670-679. Epub 2019 Apr 19.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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April 2020

Eliminating hepatitis C in Europe.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Adam Palayew Pierre van Damme Greet Hendrickx Raquel Peck Massimo Colombo

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 05;4(5):335-336

European Association for the Study of the Liver International Liver Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland.

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May 2019

Hepatitis C services at harm reduction centres in the European Union: a 28-country survey.

Authors:
Juan M Pericàs Daniel J Bromberg Denise Ocampo Eberhard Schatz Iwona Wawer Piotr Wysocki Kelly Safreed-Harmon Jeffrey V Lazarus

Harm Reduct J 2019 03 21;16(1):20. Epub 2019 Mar 21.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Carrer Rosselló, 132, 4th floor, ES-08036, Barcelona, Spain.

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March 2019

HIV testing behaviour and HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Ukraine: findings from an Integrated Bio-Behavioural Survey, 2013-2014.

Authors:
Anna Tokar Iana Sazonova Sharmistha Mishra Pavlo Smyrnov Tetiana Saliuk Jeffrey V Lazarus Jacqueline E W Broerse Maria Roura James Blanchard Marissa L Becker

Sex Transm Infect 2019 05 6;95(3):193-200. Epub 2019 Mar 6.

Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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May 2019

'Virus Carriers' and HIV testing: navigating Ukraine's HIV policies and programming for female sex workers.

Authors:
Anna Tokar Jacob Osborne Kateryna Slobodianiuk Dirk Essink Jeffrey V Lazarus Jacqueline E W Broerse

Health Res Policy Syst 2019 Feb 28;17(1):23. Epub 2019 Feb 28.

Athena Institute, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan, 1085, NL-1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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February 2019

Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission.

Authors:
Graham S Cooke Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer Tanya L Applegate Rifat Atun Jessica R Burry Hugo Cheinquer Geoff Dusheiko Jordan J Feld Charles Gore Max G Griswold Saeed Hamid Margaret E Hellard JinLin Hou Jess Howell Jidong Jia Natalia Kravchenko Jeffrey V Lazarus Maud Lemoine Olufunmilayo A Lesi Liudmyla Maistat Brian J McMahon Homie Razavi Teri Roberts Bryony Simmons Mark W Sonderup C Wendy Spearman Bridie E Taylor David L Thomas Imam Waked John W Ward Stefan Z Wiktor

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2019 02;4(2):135-184

Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

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February 2019

Moving to a strong(er) community health system: analysing the role of community health volunteers in the new national community health strategy in Malawi.

Authors:
Vibian Angwenyi Carolien Aantjes Ketwin Kondowe Joseph Zulu Mutchiyeni Murphy Kajumi Bart Criel Jeffrey V Lazarus Tim Quinlan Joske Bunders-Aelen

BMJ Glob Health 2018 16;3(Suppl 3):e000996. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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November 2018

Letter to the Editor: Patient-Reported Outcomes for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Rationale for Expanded Use.

Authors:
Patrizia Carrieri Martin Duracinsky Fabienne Marcellin Jeffrey V Lazarus

Hepatology 2019 07;70(1):443-444

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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July 2019

Leaving behind pegylated interferon-based regimens to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030 as set out by WHO.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Juan M Pericàs Ahmed M Elsharkawy

Liver Int 2018 11;38(11):1902-1905

Liver Unit, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

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November 2018

Pathways to ensure universal and affordable access to hepatitis C treatment.

Authors:
Caitlin H Douglass Alisa Pedrana Jeffrey V Lazarus Ellen F M 't Hoen Radi Hammad Ricardo Baptista Leite Andrew Hill Margaret Hellard

BMC Med 2018 10 9;16(1):175. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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October 2018

Hepatitis C elimination among people who inject drugs: Challenges and recommendations for action within a health systems framework.

Authors:
Emma Day Margaret Hellard Carla Treloar Julie Bruneau Natasha K Martin Anne Øvrehus Olav Dalgard Andrew Lloyd John Dillon Matt Hickman Jude Byrne Alain Litwin Mojca Maticic Philip Bruggmann Havard Midgard Brianna Norton Stacey Trooskin Jeffrey V Lazarus Jason Grebely

Liver Int 2019 01 22;39(1):20-30. Epub 2018 Sep 22.

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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January 2019

The hepatitis B epidemic and the urgent need for cure preparedness.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Timothy Block Christian Bréchot Anna Kramvis Veronica Miller Michael Ninburg Capucine Pénicaud Ulrike Protzer Homie Razavi Laura A Thomas Jack Wallace Benjamin C Cowie

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 09;15(9):517-518

WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, Doherty Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

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September 2018

Viral hepatitis: "E" is for equitable elimination.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Juan M Pericàs Massimo Colombo Michael Ninburg Stefan Wiktor Mark Thursz

J Hepatol 2018 10 23;69(4):762-764. Epub 2018 Jul 23.

Division of Digestive Diseases, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.

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October 2018

The burden of disease in Spain: Results from the Global Burden of Disease 2016.

Authors:
Joan B Soriano David Rojas-Rueda Jordi Alonso Josep M Antó Pere-Joan Cardona Esteve Fernández Alberto L Garcia-Basteiro Fernando G Benavides Scott D Glenn Varsha Krish Jeffrey V Lazarus José Martínez-Raga Maria F Masana Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen Alberto Ortiz Maria Dolores Sánchez-Niño Antoni Serrano-Blanco Miguel Tortajada-Girbés Stefanos Tyrovolas Josep Maria Haro Mohsen Naghavi Christopher J L Murray

Med Clin (Barc) 2018 09 20;151(5):171-190. Epub 2018 Jul 20.

Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Estados Unidos.

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September 2018

Hepatitis C seropositivity among newly incarcerated prisoners in Estonia: data analysis of electronic health records from 2014 to 2015.

Authors:
Kristel Kivimets Anneli Uusküla Jeffrey V Lazarus Kristi Ott

BMC Infect Dis 2018 07 21;18(1):339. Epub 2018 Jul 21.

West Tallinn Central Hospital, Infectious Diseases Clinic, Paldiski maantee 68, 10617, Tallinn, Estonia.

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July 2018

The Micro-Elimination Approach to Eliminating Hepatitis C: Strategic and Operational Considerations.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kelly Safreed-Harmon Mark R Thursz John F Dillon Manal H El-Sayed Ahmed M Elsharkawy Angelos Hatzakis Michel Jadoul Tullio Prestileo Homie Razavi Jürgen K Rockstroh Stefan Z Wiktor Massimo Colombo

Semin Liver Dis 2018 08 9;38(3):181-192. Epub 2018 Jul 9.

Department of Medicine, Clinical and Research Center, Humanitas Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.

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August 2018

The removal of DAA restrictions in Europe - One step closer to eliminating HCV as a major public health threat.

Authors:
Alison D Marshall Jean-Michel Pawlotsky Jeffrey V Lazarus Alessio Aghemo Gregory J Dore Jason Grebely

J Hepatol 2018 Nov 28;69(5):1188-1196. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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November 2018

Modeling NAFLD disease burden in China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States for the period 2016-2030.

Authors:
Chris Estes Quentin M Anstee Maria Teresa Arias-Loste Heike Bantel Stefano Bellentani Joan Caballeria Massimo Colombo Antonio Craxi Javier Crespo Christopher P Day Yuichiro Eguchi Andreas Geier Loreta A Kondili Daniela C Kroy Jeffrey V Lazarus Rohit Loomba Michael P Manns Giulio Marchesini Atsushi Nakajima Francesco Negro Salvatore Petta Vlad Ratziu Manuel Romero-Gomez Arun Sanyal Jörn M Schattenberg Frank Tacke Junko Tanaka Christian Trautwein Lai Wei Stefan Zeuzem Homie Razavi

J Hepatol 2018 Oct 8;69(4):896-904. Epub 2018 Jun 8.

Center for Disease Analysis (CDA), Lafayette, CO, USA. Electronic address:

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October 2018

Burden of liver disease in Europe: Epidemiology and analysis of risk factors to identify prevention policies.

Authors:
Laura Pimpin Helena Cortez-Pinto Francesco Negro Emily Corbould Jeffrey V Lazarus Laura Webber Nick Sheron

J Hepatol 2018 09 17;69(3):718-735. Epub 2018 May 17.

University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address:

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September 2018

Hepatitis C prevalence among the migrant population in Spain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Daniel J Bromberg Julia Del Amo Ole Norgaard Javier García-Samaniego Aina Casellas José Luis Calleja Ana Requena-Méndez

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2019 04 30;37(4):222-230. Epub 2018 May 30.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address:

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April 2019

Harm reduction and viral hepatitis C in European prisons: a cross-sectional survey of 25 countries.

Authors:
Rob Bielen Samya R Stumo Rachel Halford Klára Werling Tatjana Reic Heino Stöver Geert Robaeys Jeffrey V Lazarus

Harm Reduct J 2018 05 11;15(1):25. Epub 2018 May 11.

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Carrer del Roselló, 132, 4th, ES-08036, Barcelona, Spain.

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May 2018

Health Outcomes for Clients of Needle and Syringe Programs in Prisons.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kelly Safreed-Harmon Kristina L Hetherington Daniel J Bromberg Denise Ocampo Niels Graf Anna Dichtl Heino Stöver Hans Wolff

Epidemiol Rev 2018 06;40(1):96-104

Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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June 2018

Hep-CORE: a cross-sectional study of the viral hepatitis policy environment reported by patient groups in 25 European countries in 2016 and 2017.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Samya R Stumo Magdalena Harris Greet Hendrickx Kristina L Hetherington Mojca Maticic Marie Jauffret-Roustide Joan Tallada Kaarlo Simojoki Tatjana Reic Kelly Safreed-Harmon

J Int AIDS Soc 2018 04;21 Suppl 2:e25052

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

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April 2018

Policy responses to hepatitis C in the Nordic countries: Gaps and discrepant reporting in the Hep-Nordic study.

Authors:
Kelly Safreed-Harmon Kristina L Hetherington Soo Aleman Hannu Alho Olav Dalgard Tove Frisch Magnus Gottfredsson Nina Weis Jeffrey V Lazarus

PLoS One 2018 30;13(1):e0190146. Epub 2018 Jan 30.

CHIP, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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February 2018

Taking the long-view in a personalised approach to HIV care.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Simon E Barton José I Bernardino

Lancet HIV 2017 11;4(11):e483-e485

Internal Medicine Department, Infectious diseases & HIV Unit, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.

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November 2017

Restrictions for reimbursement of interferon-free direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV infection in Europe.

Authors:
Alison D Marshall Evan B Cunningham Stine Nielsen Alessio Aghemo Hannu Alho Markus Backmund Philip Bruggmann Olav Dalgard Carole Seguin-Devaux Robert Flisiak Graham R Foster Liana Gheorghe David Goldberg Ioannis Goulis Matthew Hickman Patrick Hoffmann Ligita Jancorienė Peter Jarcuska Martin Kåberg Leondios G Kostrikis Mihály Makara Matti Maimets Rui Tato Marinho Mojca Matičič Suzanne Norris Sigurður Ólafsson Anne Øvrehus Jean-Michel Pawlotsky James Pocock Geert Robaeys Carlos Roncero Marieta Simonova Jan Sperl Michele Tait Ieva Tolmane Stefan Tomaselli Marc van der Valk Adriana Vince Gregory J Dore Jeffrey V Lazarus Jason Grebely

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 02 3;3(2):125-133. Epub 2017 Oct 3.

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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February 2018

Micro-elimination - A path to global elimination of hepatitis C.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Stefan Wiktor Massimo Colombo Mark Thursz

J Hepatol 2017 10 29;67(4):665-666. Epub 2017 Jul 29.

Division of Digestive Diseases, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK.

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October 2017

Many European countries 'flying blind' in their efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kelly Safreed-Harmon Massimo Colombo Tatjana Reic Eberhard Schatz Pierre van Damme

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 07;14(8):445-446

Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.

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July 2017

Associations between national viral hepatitis policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy report.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Ida Sperle Kelly Safreed-Harmon Charles Gore Beatriz Cebolla Alexander Spina

BMC Public Health 2017 07 26;18(1):16. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Vienna, Austria.

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July 2017

Research priorities to achieve universal access to hepatitis C prevention, management and direct-acting antiviral treatment among people who inject drugs.

Authors:
Jason Grebely Julie Bruneau Jeffrey V Lazarus Olav Dalgard Philip Bruggmann Carla Treloar Matthew Hickman Margaret Hellard Teri Roberts Levinia Crooks Håvard Midgard Sarah Larney Louisa Degenhardt Hannu Alho Jude Byrne John F Dillon Jordan J Feld Graham Foster David Goldberg Andrew R Lloyd Jens Reimer Geert Robaeys Marta Torrens Nat Wright Icro Maremmani Brianna L Norton Alain H Litwin Gregory J Dore

Int J Drug Policy 2017 09 3;47:51-60. Epub 2017 Jul 3.

The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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September 2017

Late presentation of chronic viral hepatitis for medical care: a consensus definition.

Authors:
Stefan Mauss Stanislas Pol Maria Buti Erika Duffell Charles Gore Jeffrey V Lazarus Hilje Logtenberg-van der Grient Jens Lundgren Antons Mozalevskis Dorthe Raben Eberhard Schatz Stefan Wiktor Jürgen K Rockstroh

BMC Med 2017 05 3;15(1):92. Epub 2017 May 3.

HIV in Europe, Section 2100, Finsencentret Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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May 2017

Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study.

Authors:
Lucas Wiessing Marica Ferri Vendula Běláčková Patrizia Carrieri Samuel R Friedman Cinta Folch Kate Dolan Brian Galvin Peter Vickerman Jeffrey V Lazarus Viktor Mravčík Mirjam Kretzschmar Vana Sypsa Ana Sarasa-Renedo Anneli Uusküla Dimitrios Paraskevis Luis Mendão Diana Rossi Nadine van Gelder Luke Mitcheson Letizia Paoli Cristina Diaz Gomez Maitena Milhet Nicoleta Dascalu Jonathan Knight Gordon Hay Eleni Kalamara Roland Simon Catherine Comiskey Carla Rossi Paul Griffiths

Harm Reduct J 2017 04 22;14(1):19. Epub 2017 Apr 22.

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Praça Europa 1, Cais do Sodré, 1249-289, Lisbon, Portugal.

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April 2017

Integrated Control and Management of Neglected Tropical Skin Diseases.

Authors:
Oriol Mitjà Michael Marks Laia Bertran Karsor Kollie Daniel Argaw Ahmed H Fahal Christopher Fitzpatrick L Claire Fuller Bernardo Garcia Izquierdo Roderick Hay Norihisa Ishii Christian Johnson Jeffrey V Lazarus Anthony Meka Michele Murdoch Sally-Ann Ohene Pam Small Andrew Steer Earnest N Tabah Alexandre Tiendrebeogo Lance Waller Rie Yotsu Stephen L Walker Kingsley Asiedu

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 01 19;11(1):e0005136. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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January 2017

Commentary on Trias-Llimós et al. (2017): Birth cohort research-an essential tool to guide public health interventions.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Daniel J Bromberg

Addiction 2017 02;112(2):259-260

CHIP-Centre for Health and Infectious Disease Research, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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February 2017

Are the testing needs of key European populations affected by hepatitis B and hepatitis C being addressed? A scoping review of testing studies in Europe.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Ida Sperle Alexander Spina Jürgen K Rockstroh

Croat Med J 2016 Oct;57(5):442-456

Jeffrey V Lazarus, CHIP, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Oster Allé 56, 5th floor, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark,

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October 2016

Disparities in HIV clinic care across Europe: findings from the EuroSIDA clinic survey.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kamilla Grønborg Laut Kelly Safreed-Harmon Lars Peters Margaret Johnson Gerd Fätkenheuer Irina Khromova Linos Vandekerckhove Katarzyna Maciejewska Roxana Radoi Anna Lisa Ridolfo Amanda Mocroft

BMC Infect Dis 2016 07 20;16:335. Epub 2016 Jul 20.

Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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July 2016

Strengthening hepatitis B and C surveillance in Europe: results from the two global hepatitis policy surveys (2013 and 2014).

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Antons Mozalevskis Kelly Safreed-Harmon Irina Eramova

Hepatol Med Policy 2016 30;1. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

2World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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June 2016

Urgent action to fight hepatitis C in people who inject drugs in Europe.

Authors:
John F Dillon Jeffrey V Lazarus Homie A Razavi

Hepatol Med Policy 2016 30;1. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

Center for Disease Analysis, Louisville, Colorado USA.

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June 2016

Beyond viral suppression of HIV - the new quality of life frontier.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kelly Safreed-Harmon Simon E Barton Dominique Costagliola Nikos Dedes Julia Del Amo Valero Jose M Gatell Ricardo Baptista-Leite Luís Mendão Kholoud Porter Stefano Vella Jürgen Kurt Rockstroh

BMC Med 2016 06 22;14(1):94. Epub 2016 Jun 22.

Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

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June 2016

Hepatitis B and C surveillance and screening programmes in the non-EU/EEA Member States of the WHO European Region: survey findings from 10 countries, 2012.

Authors:
Antons Mozalevskis Irina Eramova Kelly Safreed-Harmon Jeffrey V Lazarus

Euro Surveill 2016 Jun;21(22)

World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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June 2016

Editor-in-Chief's welcome to .

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus

Hepatol Med Policy 2016 13;1. Epub 2016 Apr 13.

CHIP, Centre for Health and Infectious Disease Research and WHO Collaborating Centre on HIV and Viral Hepatitis, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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April 2016

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's investments in harm reduction through the rounds-based funding model (2002-2014).

Authors:
Jamie Bridge Benjamin M Hunter Eliot Albers Catherine Cook Mauro Guarinieri Jeffrey V Lazarus Jack MacAllister Susie McLean Daniel Wolfe

Int J Drug Policy 2016 Jan 13;27:132-7. Epub 2015 Aug 13.

Open Society Foundations, United States.

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January 2016

Changes in public attitudes towards confidential adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Lithuania after the introduction of new legislation: findings from the cross-sectional surveys conducted in 2005 and 2012.

Authors:
Lina Jaruseviciene Apolinaras Zaborskis Skirmante Sauliune Gediminas Jarusevicius Jeffrey V Lazarus

BMC Health Serv Res 2015 Sep 4;15:360. Epub 2015 Sep 4.

Centre for Health and Infectious Disease Research (CHIP), Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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September 2015

Roundtable discussion on the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: why prioritise talk over aid in the midst of the Ebola crisis?

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Dina Balabanova Kelly Safreed-Harmon Karen Daniels Kopano Matlwa Mabaso Martin McKee Tolib Mirzoev Adnan A Hyder Sofia Gruskin

BMC Health Serv Res 2015 May 7;15:192. Epub 2015 May 7.

Program on Global Health and Human Rights, Institute for Global Health, Gould School of Law, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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May 2015

Hepatitis - a devastating epidemic in Europe.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Kevin A Fenton

BMC Infect Dis 2014 19;14 Suppl 6:S1. Epub 2014 Sep 19.

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May 2015

Roundtable discussion: how lessons learned from HIV can inform the global response to viral hepatitis.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Jens Lundgren Jordi Casabona Lucas Wiessing Catharina Matheï Peter Vickerman Maria Prins Mirjam Kretzschmar Maria Kantzanou Isabelle Giraudon Marica Ferri Paul Griffiths Magdalena Harris Margaret Walker Lilyana Chavdarova Eberhard Schatz Katrin Schiffer John Kools Jason Farell Luís Mendão

BMC Infect Dis 2014 19;14 Suppl 6:S18. Epub 2014 Sep 19.

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May 2015

A systematic review of Hepatitis C virus treatment uptake among people who inject drugs in the European Region.

Authors:
Jeffrey V Lazarus Ida Sperle Mojca Maticic Lucas Wiessing

BMC Infect Dis 2014 19;14 Suppl 6:S16. Epub 2014 Sep 19.

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May 2015