Increasing hepatitis C testing and linkage to care: Results of a testing campaign with incentives at primary care clinics in Melbourne, Australia

J Viral Hepat. 2021 Mar;28(3):569-572. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13447. Epub 2020 Dec 12.

Kico Chan¹, Imogen Elsum¹, Judy Gold^{1

2}, Chloe Layton^{1

3}, Lisa Accadia^{1

3}, Mellissa Bryant^{1

3}, Jack Gunn¹, Filip Djordjevic^{1

4}, Isabelle Purcell⁵, Jane Dicka⁶, Martin Forrest⁵, Sione Crawford⁶, Margaret Hellard^{1

2

3

7}, Alisa Pedrana^{1

2}; Eliminate Hepatitis C Partnership

¹ Disease Elimination, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
² Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred and Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁴ Behaviours and Health Risks, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁵ Hepatitis Victoria/LiverWELL, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁶ Harm Reduction Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
⁷ Doherty Institute and School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: HCV infection; Hepatitis C; health promotion; incentives; people who inject drugs.

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