APASL consensus statements and recommendations for hepatitis C prevention, epidemiology, and laboratory testing.

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Published in Hepatol Int on May 26, 2016

Authors

Masao Omata1,2, Tatsuo Kanda3, Lai Wei4, Ming-Lung Yu5, Wang-Long Chuang6, Alaaeldin Ibrahim7, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana8, Jose Sollano9, Manoj Kumar10, Ankur Jindal10, Barjesh Chander Sharma11, Saeed S Hamid12, A Kadir Dokmeci13, Mamun Al-Mahtab14, Geofferey W McCaughan15, Jafri Wasim12, Darrell H G Crawford16, Jia-Horng Kao17, Osamu Yokosuka3, George K K Lau18, Shiv Kumar Sarin10

Author Affiliations

1: Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-1-1 Fujimi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi, 400-8506, Japan. momata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
2: The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. momata-tky@umin.ac.jp.
3: Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
4: Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Beijing, China.
5: Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
6: Hepatobiliary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
7: GI/Liver Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Benha, Banha, Egypt.
8: Digestive Disease and GI Oncology Center, Medistra Hospital, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
9: University Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
10: Department of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India.
11: Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
12: Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University and Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi, 74800, Pakistan.
13: Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
14: Department of Hepatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
15: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
16: University of Queensland, School of Medicine, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102, Australia.
17: National Taiwan University College of Medicine and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
18: The Institute of Translational Hepatology, Beijing 302 Hospital, Beijing, China.

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