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ReviewJournal of hepatology2021

Non-epidemic HCV genotypes in low- and middle-income countries and the risk of resistance to current direct-acting antiviral regimens.

Rajiv Shah, Lucrece Ahovegbe, Marc Niebel, James Shepherd, Emma C Thomson

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Review in Journal of hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rajiv ShahMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Lucrece AhovegbeMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK; Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Marc NiebelMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
James ShepherdMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Emma C ThomsonMRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: emma.thomson@glasgow.ac.uk.
MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GBLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBMbarara University of Science and Technology · UG

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/1Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/12Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/9Wellcome Trust 102789/Z/13/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an extremely diverse virus, subtypes of which are distributed variably around the world. Viral genotypes may be divided into epidemic subtypes; those that have become prevalent globally, and endemic subtypes that have a more limited distribution, mainly in Africa and Asia. The high variability of endemic strains reflects evolutionary origins in the locations where they are found. This increased genetic diversity raises the possibility of resistance to pan-genotypic direct-acting antiviral regimens. While many endemic subtypes respond well to direct-acting antiviral therapies, others, for example genotypes 1l, 3b and 4r, do not respond as well as predicted. Many genotypes that are rare in high-income countries but common in other parts of the world have not yet been fully assessed in clinical trials. Further sequencing and clinical studies in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are indicated to monitor response to treatment and to facilitate the World Health Organization's 2030 elimination strategy.

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Antiviral AgentsDeveloping CountriesDrug ResistanceGenotypeHepacivirusHumansAntiviral AgentsDirectly Acting AntiviralsEliminationGenotypesHepatitis C VirusResistanceSequencingSubtypesSVR

Identifiers

PMID33974951
PMCPMC8310923
OpenAlexW3160389004

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