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"Fighting an uphill battle": experience with the HCV triple therapy: a qualitative thematic analysis.
BMC infectious diseases - 18 Sept 2014
Rasi Manuela, Künzler-Heule Patrizia, Schmid Patrick, Semela David, Bruggmann Philip, Fehr Jan, Saxer Susi, Nicca Dunja
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are a severe burden on public health worldwide, causing mortality rates triple that of the general population. Since 2011, for both therapy-naive and therapy-experienced genotype 1 patients, the first generation of direct acting antivirals (DAAs), i.e., the protease-inhibitors (PI) telaprevir and boceprevir have been added to existing dual therapies. The therapeutic...
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