Hepatitis C News

Two epidemiological studies presented at The Digital Liver Meeting Experience revealed the work left in achieving elimination goals in hepatitis C virus.

Despite little contact with providers, patients in a minimal monitoring scenario achieved ‘cure’ of their hepatitis C virus, according to a presentation at The Digital Liver Meeting Experience.

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In a minimal monitoring – or “Minmon” – study, patients given a full regimen for hepatitis C virus and then remotely monitored achieved 95% sustained virologic response, according to a presenter at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Despite guidelines to ensure proper screening, one study presented during the Liver Meeting Digital Experience showed only 42% of infants born to women with hepatitis C and cirrhosis are screened and followed for hepatitis C.

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Efforts by IDWeek’s program committee to ensure gender equity during the conference led to a more than 13 percentage-point increase in the proportion of speaker slots filled by women since 2013, according to an analysis.

In the spring, in anticipation that the COVID-19 pandemic could complicate IDWeek, organizers asked presenters to prerecord sessions in the event they could not travel.

Like many other medical conferences, IDWeek was converted to a virtual meeting this year because of COVID-19.