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HBV and HCV Relink Studies: 2016 to Present

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africa

  • Kamali, Innocent, et al. “Initiation of hepatitis C treatment in two rural Rwandan districts: a mobile clinic approach.” BMC infectious diseases 21 (2021): 1-9.

asia

  • Chang, Li-Jen, et al. “Factors associated with the refusal of direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C in Taiwan.” Medicina 58.4 (2022): 521.
  • Chen, Cheng-Jen, et al. “Hepatitis C micro-elimination through the retrieval strategy of patients lost to follow-up.” BMC gastroenterology 23.1 (2023): 1-9.
  • Chien, Cheng-Hung, et al. “The Challenge of a Recall Program from a Community-Based Hepatitis C Screening Campaign: The Effectiveness in HCV Microelimination.” Microorganisms 12.7 (2024): 1402.
  • Gamkrelidze, Amiran, et al. “Innovative linkage model to re-engage lost-to-follow-up individuals in the national hepatitis C elimination program of Georgia.” Journal of Hepatology 75 (2021): S643-S644.
  • Huang, Jee-Fu, et al. “Towards a safe hospital: hepatitis C in-hospital micro-elimination program (HCV-HELP study).” Hepatology International 16.1 (2022): 59-67.
  • Yen, Hsu-Heng, et al. “Retrieval of lost patients in the system for hepatitis C microelimination: a single-center retrospective study.” BMC gastroenterology 21.1 (2021): 209.

australasia

  • Abbott, Mielle, et al. “A pilot project harnessing surveillance system to support clinicians providing clinical care for people diagnosed with hepatitis C in Victoria, Australia, September 2021 to 31 March 2022.” Eurosurveillance 29.29 (2024): 2400028.
  • Jacob, Rachael, et al. “Routine screening of emergency admissions at risk of chronic hepatitis (SEARCH) identifies and links hepatitis B cases to care.” Liver International 43.1 (2023): 60-68.
  • White, Lauren, et al. “Facilitating treatment of HCV in primary care in regional Australia: closing the access gap.” Frontline gastroenterology 10.3 (2019): 210-216.

Europa

  • Abergel, Armand, et al. “RECONVOCC: Can we reconvene chronic hepatitis C patients who were lost to follow-up?.” Journal of Hepatology. Vol. 75. Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsiever, 2021.
  • Almena Sereno JA, et al. Active Search for HCV Ab+ Patients Registered in the Hospital Lab: Retrieval of lost to follow-up patients from 1/2010 to 12/2020 in Badajoz, Spain AEEH 2023. 52
  • Alventosa Mateu, Carlos et al. “Outcomes of an automated alert system from Microbiology to link diagnosis to treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus.” Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas vol. 115,4 (2023): 181-187. doi:10.17235/reed.2022.8716/2022
  • Balcar, Lorenz, et al. “A systematic PCR record‐based re‐call of HCV‐RNA‐positive people enables re‐linkage to care and HCV elimination in Austria—The ELIMINATE project.” Liver International 44.12 (2024): 3151-3163.
  • Barclay, Stephen, et al. “Patients with hepatitis C (Redpath): a randomised controlled trial of telephone contact or offer of an incentive, in addition to a standard letter.” Journal of Hepatology 73 (2020): S328.
  • Barda, Beatrice, et al. “A Retrospective Study on Hepatitis C Virus Infected Individuals Lost to Follow-Up in Ticino: The Hub and Spoke Approach.” Open Journal of Internal Medicine 12.4 (2022): 194-198.
  • Beekmans, N., and M. Klemt-Kropp. “Re-evaluation of chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C patients lost to follow-up: results of the Northern Holland hepatitis retrieval project.” Hepatology, Medicine and Policy 3 (2018): 1-6.
  • Burgui, Cristina, et al. “Recapture of patients with an incomplete diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection.” Revista Espanola de Enfermadades Digestivas (REED) 112.7 (2020): 525-532.
  • Campos-Gonzaga L, et al. Identification of Patients Diagnosed with HCV But Not  Seen by Specialists: Review of patients diagnosed with HCV and not followed up with specialists from 2006-2021 in Jerez, Cadiz, Spain. GEHEP 2022
  • Chelouah S, et al. Recall of HCV Patients in a Psychiatry Hospital by Non-Specialist Prescribers: Retrospective study to evaluate screening test and treat strategy. AFEF 2022. 
  • Diaz Munoz R, et al.  Search for Active Patients with HCV: Retrospective review of medical records of patients from 2017 to 2021. AEEH 2023. 
  • Dimmendaal, M., et al. “Retrieval of chronic hepatitis B patients in the Utrecht region in the Netherlands.” The Netherlands Journal of Medicine 77.6 (2019): 199-203.
  • Dröse, Sandra, et al. “Retrieval of patients with hepatitis C who were lost to follow-up in Southern Denmark.” Infectious Diseases 55.5 (2023): 361-369.
  • Feliu‐Prius, Anna, et al. “Assessing the rate of non‐linkage to care and identifying barriers in individuals living with hepatitis B. Results of the LINK‐B study.” Liver International (2023).
  • Freyre Carrillo C, et al. Search for Lost Patients Without HCV Diagnosis . Review of patients with positive HCV antibodies but without confirmatory RNA testing from 2011-2020 GEHEP 2022. P42
  • Gao-Du, Y., S. Brocklesby, and L. Corless. “Case finding can successfully re-engage persons lost to follow-up and increase treatment rates in hepatitis C virus services.” Journal of Hepatology 68 (2018): S326-S327.
  • Grande G, et al. Recovering Lost HCV Patients in the System: Locating and recovering HCV patients previously lost at the Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga. AEEH 2023. 
  • Guerra Veloz, María Fernanda, et al. “HCV microelimination strategies: an interventional study in diagnosed patients without access to the system.” Liver International 41.5 (2021): 928-933.
  • Heil, Jeanne, et al. “Retrieval and re-evaluation of previously diagnosed chronic hepatitis C infections lost to medical follow-up in the Netherlands.” European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 32.7 (2020): 851-856.
  • Hernandez-Guerra M, et al. Effectiveness of ReLinking HCV RNA+ Patients to  Care Through Regional Hospitals AASLD 2022. Poster #3427
  • Isfordink, Cas J., et al. “Hepatitis C Elimination in the Netherlands (CELINE): How nationwide retrieval of lost to follow-up hepatitis C patients contributes to micro-elimination.” European journal of internal medicine 101 (2022): 93-97.
  • Kemppinen, Juha, et al. “Expanding access to hepatitis C treatment by improving linkage to care: Establishing a cascade of care and active linkage program for the South Karelia region in Finland.” Health Science Reports 3.4 (2020).
  • Keymeulen, Hannah, et al. “Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection are at high risk of being lost to follow-up: focused interventions can increase linkage to care.” Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica 83.1 (2020): 94-94.
  • Kracht, Patricia AM, et al. “REtrieval And cure of Chronic Hepatitis C (REACH): results of micro‐elimination in the Utrecht province.” Liver International 39.3 (2019): 455-462.
  • Lange, Sarah, et al. “ReLink strategy in diagnosed-but-untreated hepatitis C-positive patients in Germany: report from a single center.” Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie 62.10 (2024): 1701-1707.
  • Metivier, Sophie, et al. “Recall of HCV Patients Lost to Follow-Up. RELINK Study in Two Expert Centres in France.” The Liver Meeting Digital Experience™. AASLD, 2020.
  • Mohamed, Osob, et al. “P55 Looking for a needle in a Haystack: outcomes of the surrey hepatitis C/PHE lookback exercise. Re-engaging patients in a low prevalence ODN.” (2020): A33-A34.
  • Morales Arraez D, et al. Telemedicine and decentralized treatment dispensation to rescue patients in a hepatitis C micro-elimination program based on onsite driedblood spot testing in drug addiction centers. EASL 2020. THU348
  • Morales-Arraez, Dalia, et al. “Reengagement strategies for hepatitis C patients lost to follow-up: A randomized clinical trial.” Hepatology Communications 7.6 (2023): e0080.
  • Moreno P, et al. Recovery of HCV Patients Using an Interdisciplinary Team: Retrieval of lost to follow-up patients from Tenerife, Spain.  AEEH 2023. 96
  • O’Connell, Sarah, et al. “Opt-out panel testing for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in an urban emergency department: a pilot study.” PloS one 11.3 (2016): e0150546.
  • Osborne, William, et al. “An experience using historical hepatitis C data to Re-Engage: Possibilities and pitfalls during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Public Health in Practice 2 (2021): 100207.
  • Ponziani, Francesca Romana, et al. “Missed linkage to care for patients who screened positive for Hepatitis C in a tertiary care centre: Results of the Telepass project.” Journal of Viral Hepatitis 28.4 (2021): 651-656.
  • Remy, André-Jean, et al. “Find out HCV patients: systematic study of 2013–2020 HCV files of a MDT viral hepatitis expert unit on the future of patients has made it possible to find out the lost ones and put them into treatment.” Journal of Hepatology 77 (2022): S542.
  • Sampedro Andrada B, et al. Letter Sending Program for Confirmation and Treatment of Patients with Chronic HCV: AEEH 2023. 78
  • Schwarz, Caroline, et al. “ELIMINATE-interim results of an Austrian HCV macro-elimination project.” Journal of Hepatology 77 (2022): S545.
  • Steininger, Lisa, et al. “Direct patient-physician communication via a hepatitis C hotline facilitates treatment initiation in patients with poor adherence.” Wiener klinische Wochenschrift 133 (2021): 452-460.
  • Torner, Maria, et al. “HCV micro-elimination strategy in a tertiary hospital: identification of lost cases and linkage to care.” Journal of Hepatology 78 (2023): S1192-S1193.
  • Urda, José Luis Castro, et al. “The efficiency of artificial intelligence for management and clinical decision-making in the identification of patients with undiagnosed HCV infection (Intelligen-C strategy).” Gastroenterología y Hepatología (2025): 502362.
  • Vargas‐Accarino, Elena, et al. “Cost‐effectiveness analysis of an active search to retrieve HCV patients lost to follow‐up (RELINK‐C strategy) and the impact of COVID‐19.” Journal of Viral Hepatitis 29.7 (2022): 579-583.
  • Vargas‐Accarino, Elena, et al. “Enhancing linkage to care for hepatitis B, D, and C patients: a retrospective‐prospective study.” Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 60.10 (2024): 1308-1314.
  • Vázquez, Pablo Parada, et al. “Artificial intelligence-assisted identification and retrieval of chronic hepatitis C patients lost to follow-up in the health area of Pontevedra and O Salnés (Spain).” Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition) 48.1 (2025): 502226.

middle east

  • Türkoğlu, Emine, Zafer Parlak, and Hüseyin Şener Barut. “Assessment of HCV-RNA test results and access rates to antiviral treatment in patients with anti-HCV positivity-a 10-year analysis.” Turkish journal of medical sciences 52.6 (2022): 1984-1990.

América del norte

  • Caldwell, Sylvia A. B., et al. “Year-to-Year comparison of Virginia’s Hepatitis education and patient connection referral on release program outcomes for those recently released from incarceration.” HPHR. 2022;56.10.54111/0001/DDD1
  • Dever, John B., et al. “Engagement in care of high-risk hepatitis C patients with interferon-free direct-acting antiviral therapies.” Digestive Diseases and Sciences 62 (2017): 1472-1479.
  • Hyde, Zak, et al. “Evaluation of a pilot emergency department linkage to care program for patients previously diagnosed with Hepatitis C.” Journal of viral hepatitis 30.2 (2023): 129-137.
  • Mendoza, Denise, et al. “2503. Re-engagement in Care for Patients with Positive Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Test: A Descriptive Study at a Large University Hospital.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Vol. 10. No. Supplement_2. US: Oxford University Press, 2023.
  • Nance, Anna R., et al. “Hepatitis C treatment at a rural Navajo health clinic using project ECHO.” Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care 20.2 (2020): 133-155.
  • Rammal, J-A., et al. “273 Use of an Electronic Medical Record Flag to Reconnect with Patients Lost to Follow-Up in a Hepatitis C Virus Screening Program.” Annals of Emergency Medicine 80.4 (2022): S119.
  • Ruffner, Andrew H., et al. “Identifying ED patients with previous abnormal HIV or hepatitis C test results who may require additional services.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38.9 (2020): 1831-1833.
  • Schwartz, Jessie, et al. “Telephone patient navigation increases follow-up hepatitis B care in the postpartum period for immigrants living in New York City.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 23 (2021): 1179-1186.
  • Strebe, Joslyn, et al. “Patient navigation increases linkage to care and receipt of direct-acting antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C.” Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 21.4 (2023): 988-994.
  • Webster, Rachel et al. “Health Department Efforts to Increase Hepatitis C RNA Testing Among People Appearing Out of Care: Comparison of Outreach Approaches, New York City, 2017.” Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) vol. 135,6 (2020): 823-830. doi:10.1177/0033354920952068
  • Wyatt, Brooke, et al. “A Digital Case‐Finding Algorithm for Diagnosed but Untreated Hepatitis C: A Tool for Increasing Linkage to Treatment and Cure.” Hepatology 74.6 (2021): 2974-2987.
  • Yang, Anita, Debbie Zachary, and Jane Giang. “Impact of a nurse care coordinator supporting a clinical pharmacist practitioner in further managing HCV-infected patients.” Gastroenterology Nursing 44.1 (2021): E11-E17.
  • Tandon, Saniya, et al. “Successes and challenges of best practice alerts to identify and engage individuals living with hepatitis C virus.” Frontiers in Public Health 12 (2024): 1281079.
  • Gormley, Mirinda Ann, et al. “No Patient Left Behind: A Novel Paradigm to Fulfill Hepatitis C Virus Treatment for Rural Patients.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Vol. 11. No. 5. US: Oxford University Press, 2024.
  • Wegener, Maximilian, et al. “Observational pilot using a Data to Care intervention strategy to promote HCV re-engagement and cure for persons with HIV/HCV co-infection who are out of care.” BMC Health Services Research 25.1 (2025): 140.

Sudamerica