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Hepcare Europe Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Murtagh R, Swan D, O'Connor E, McCombe G, Lambert JS, Avramovic G, Cullen W. Hepatitis C prevalence and management among patients receiving opioid substitution treatment in general practice in Ireland. Interact J Med Res. 2018. In press
• Lambert, J., R. Murtagh, D. Menezes, A. O’Carroll, C. Murphy, W. Cullen, T. McHugh, G. Avramovic, W. Tinago and M. C. Van Hout (2018). "HepCheck Dublin’: An Intensified Hepatitis C Screening Programme in a Homeless Population Demonstrates the Need for Alternative Models of Care " BMC Infectious Diseases. In press
• McCombe G, Swan D, O’Connor E, Avramovic G, Vickerman P, Ward Z, Surey J, Macias J, Lambert JS, Cullen W. Heplink: Integrated Hepatitis C Care: Protocol for a feasibility study in primary care. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7:e149.
• Swan D, Cullen W, Macias J, Oprea C, Story A, Surey J, Vickerman P, Lambert JS. Hepcare Europe-bridging the gap in the treatment of hepatitis C: study protocol. Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology. 2018;12:303-14.
• Crowley D, Cullen W, Laird E, Lambert JS, McHugh T, Murphy C, et al. Exploring patient characteristics and barriers to Hepatitis C treatment in patients on opioid substitution treatment attending a community based fibro-scanning clinic. J Transl Intern Med 2017; 5: 112-119.
• Lambert J, Murphy C, Menezes D, Cullen W, McHugh T, O'Carroll A: Hepcheck Dublin: Homeless, Hep C & Competing Priorities. International Journal of Integrated Care 2017, 17(5).
• Lambert J, Avramovic G, McCombe G, Murphy C, Swan D, O'Connor E, Cullen W: HEPCARE EUROPE: Bridging the gap in the treatment of Hepatitis C. International Journal of Integrated Care 2017, 17(5).
• McCombe G, Almaazmi B, Lambert J, Avramovic G, Murphy C, O’Connor M, Perry N, Cullen W: Integrating primary and secondary care to optimise hepatitis c treatment: Development and evaluation of a multidisciplinary educational ‘Masterclass’ series. International Journal of Integrated Care 2017, 17(5).
• McCombe, G., Leahy, D., Klimas, J., Lambert, J. S., Cullen, W., & Henihan, A. M. (2016). Commentary on Zeremski et al. (2016): Improvements in HCV-related Knowledge Among Substance Users on Opioid Agonist Therapy After an Educational Intervention. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 10(5), 363-364.