×
ADVERTISEMENT

MAY 25, 2018

HCV Guidance Updated for Screening and Treating Key Populations

By SPC News Staff

HCVGuidelines.org updated several sections of its website to reflect new hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and management recommendations for pregnant women, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men (MSM) and people who are incarcerated.

Thanks to direct-acting antivirals, HCV is curable for more than 95% of patients who undergo treatment, according to Marc G. Ghany, MD, MHSc, an HCV Guidance Panel co-chair. “With the success of HCV treatments, the medical