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Volume 21, Number 1—January 2015
Letter

Prisoners Treated for Hepatitis C with Protease Inhibitor, New York, USA, 2012

Harish Moorjani, Carl Koenigsmann, Min Jung Kim, and Anne C. SpauldingComments to Author 
Author affiliations: New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA (H. Moorjani); New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Albany, New York, USA (C. Koenigsmann); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.J. Kim, A.C. Spaulding)

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Table

Outcomes of 50 prisoners treated for hepatitis C* within the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Services, 2012–2013†

Outcome No. (%) Metavir staging of fibrosis
No. stage 1–3 (%) No. stage 4 (%)
Disenrolled 2 (4) 1 (2) 1 (11)
Treatment failed 4 (8) 2 (5) 2 (22)
Sustained viral response 44 (88) 38 (93) 6 (67)
Early rapid viral response 34 (68) 31 (76) 3 (33)
Total NA 41 9

*Treated with telaprevir, pegylated interferon, and ribavirin.
†NA, not applicable.

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