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    This enduring activity is supported by educational grants from

    AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Gilead Sciences, Inc.

  • 2

    Abstract GS01

    C. Fernández-Carrillo1, S. Lens2, E. Llop1, J.M. Pascasio3, I. Fernández4, C. Baliellas5, J. Crespo6, M. Buti7, L. Castells7,

    M. Romero-Gómez8, C. Pons9, J.M. Moreno10, A. Albillos11, C. Fernández-Rodríguez12, M. Prieto13, M. Fernández-Bermejo14,

    J. García-Samaniego15, J.A. Carrión16, M. de laMata17, E. Badia18, J. Salmerón19, J.I. Herreros20, M. Salcedo21,

    J.J. Moreno22, J. Turnes23, R. Granados24, M. Blé25, J.L. Calleja1, The Hepa-C Registry

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Digestive, Liver, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda,

    IDIPHIM, Majadahonda, Madrid

    2. Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona

    3. Digestive diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, IBIS,

    CIBERehd, Sevilla

    4. Digestive, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid

    5. Digestive, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de

    Llobregat, Barcelona

    6. Digestive, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander;

    7. Internal Medicine-Hepatology, Hospital Universitario Vall

    d´Hebron, Barcelona 8. Digestive diseases, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, CIBERehd,

    Sevilla; Digestive, HospitalGeneral Universitario de Castellón, Castellón

    de la Plana

    9. Digestive, C.H.U de Albacete, Albacete

    10. Digestive, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, IRYCIS, CIBERehd,

    Madrid

    11. Digestive, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid

    12. Digestive Medicine, Hospital Universitario de La Fe, CIBERehd,

    Valencia

    13. Digestive, Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres

    14. Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, CIBERehd, Madrid

    15. Digestology, Hospital del Mar, IMIM, Barcelona

    16. Digestive, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, IMIBIC, CIBERehd,

    Córdoba

    17. Digestive, Hepatology, Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos

    18. Digestive, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, CIBERehd, Granada

    19. Liver Unit, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, IdiSNA, CIBERehd,

    Pamplona

    20. Liver Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. IiSGM,

    Madrid

    21. Internal Medicine, Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia

    22. Digestive, Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra

    23. Internal Medicine, H. U. de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de

    Gran Canaria

    24. Digestive, Servidigest Centre, Barcelona, Spain

  • 5

    • The study included 393/564 (70%) patients with

    compensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh A) and 171/564

    (30%) patients with Child-Pugh (CPT) B/C.

    • Treatment regimens (all +/- RBV):

    – SMV + SOF: 292/564 (52%)

    – SOF + DCV: 133/564 (24%)

    – SOF/LDV: 70/564 (12%)

    – OBV/PTV/r +/- DSV: 28/564 (5%)

    – SMV + DCV: 12/564 (2%)

    – SOF + RBV: 28/564 (5%)

  • 6

    • Overall (n=564)

    – SVR: 88%

    – Relapse: 10%

    – Grade 3/4 AEs: 27%

    • Child A (n=393)

    – SVR: 95%

    – Grade 3/4 AEs: 12%

    – Deaths: 6

    • Child B/C (n=171)

    – SVR: 81%

    – Grade 3/4 AEs: 61%

    – Deaths: 12

  • 7

    • Baseline MELD >17 independently identified a group of

    patients with 39% deaths vs. 1.5% (p

  • 8

    Abstract PS097

    M.C.M. Cheung1, G.R. Foster1,W.L. Irving2, A.J.Walker3, B.E. Hudson4, S. Verma5, J. McLauchlan6,

    D.J. Mutimer7, A. Brown8, W. Gelson9, D. MacDonald10, K. Agarwal5 and HCV Research UK

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London

    2. NIHR Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Unit

    3. Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

    4. Hepatology Department, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol

    5. Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College London, London

    6. MRC-Unviersity of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, Glasgow

    7. Centre for Liver Research, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

    8. Department of Hepatology, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, London

    9. Department of Hepatology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge

    10. UCL Institute of Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free London NHS Foundation, London, United Kingdom

  • 10

    HCV Research UK Database

    EAP treated

    (1 April 14 - 11

    Nov 14)

    N = 467

    Untreated - enrolled with

    decompensated cirrhosis 6

    months before EAP start

    N = 261

    Decompensated

    cirrhosis

    N = 409

    Extra-

    hepatic

    disease

    N = 14

    Baseline

    liver

    transplant

    N = 44

    SVR12 achieved

    N = 329

    Subsequently

    treated on EAP

    after 1 April 14

    N = 177 SVR12:

    Overall: 88%

    GT1: 90%

    GT3: 69%

  • 11

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    G1 G3 others

    SV

    R1

    2 %

    (IT

    T)

    SOF/DCV

    SOF/DCV/RBV

    SOF/LDV

    SOF/LDV/RBV

    N= 4 34 13 129 5 105 5 57 3 11

    23

  • 12

    Characteristics Treated decompensated

    (N=409)

    Untreated decompensated

    (N=261)

    Age, median, years 54 54

    Prior HCV therapy, % 60 62

    Genotype 1/ 3 HCV, % 49/ 42 49/ 35

    Viral load, median, iu/mL 255,280 208,688

    Bilirubin, median,

    µmol/L

    28 26

    Albumin, median, g/L 31 32

    Platelet, median, x109/L 72 70

    MELD, median 12 11

    Child Pugh B (%) 73

    Child Pugh C (%) 10

    Foster GR, Irving WL et al. J Hepatol 2016 Jan 29

  • 13

    * p< 0.05

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    30

    40

    % o

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    ati

    en

    ts

    month 0-6

    month 6- 15

    * *

    *

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    Survival over time

    0 3 6 9 12 1550

    60

    70

    80

    90

    100

    Treated with SVR

    Treated without SVR

    Untreated

    Time in months

    % s

    urv

    ival

  • 15

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    MELD /=

    15

    CPA CPB CPC

    % o

    f p

    ati

    en

    ts

    Baseline liver disease

    Adverse event free survival at 15

    months

    *

    N= 71 58 61 235 30

    * NS

    * p< 0.05

  • 16

    0 - 6 months 0 - 15 months

    (n=297) (n=77)

    -20

    -10

    0

    10

    20

    Ch

    an

    ge

    in

    ME

    LD

    sco

    re

    Patients without SVR, transplanted or died were excluded

    Mean score change -0.86 Mean score change +0.44

    p< 0.05

    -20

    -10

    0

    10

    20

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    an

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    in

    ME

    LD

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  • 17

    • Antiviral therapy in patients with CP-B cirrhosis

    leads to prolonged improvement in the majority

    • Only a minority of patients with CP-C cirrhosis

    derive long term benefit

    • Early improvement does not necessarily translate

    into long term benefit

  • 18

    Abstract LBP500

    A.M. Aghemo1, G. Cologni2, F. Maggiolo2, L. Pasulo2, G. Rizzardini3, C. Magni3, T. Quirino4,

    L. Minoli5, G. Filice5, M. Zuin6, A. Colli7, M. Rumi8, M. Puoti9, S. Fagiuoli2, M. Colombo1 and

    Lombardia Regional Network for Viral Hepatitis Working Group

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Fondazione IRCCS Ca” Granda – Ospedale Maggiore, Milano, Milano

    2. A.O. Papa Giovanni Xxiii-Bergamo, Bergamo

    3. A.O. “Luigi Sacco” – Milano, Milano

    4. A.O. Ospedale Di Circolo – Busto Arsizio, Busto Arsizio

    5. Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo – Pavia, Pavia

    6. A.O. “San Paolo” – Milano, Milano

    7. A.O. Della Provincia Di Lecco, Lecco

    8. Ospedale S. Giuseppe – Milano

    9. A.O. “Osp.Niguarda Ca’Granda”-Milano, Milano, Italy

  • 19

    • Large real life data of chronic Hepatitis C (HCV)

    treatment are needed to assess the safety and

    efficacy of directly acting antivirals (DAAs) and to

    confirm results of Phase III trials.

    • For this aim in May 2015 26 liver centers in the

    Lombardia Region in Northern Italy created the

    Regional Network for Viral Hepatitis.

  • 20

    • Patients received the following regimens, dose and

    duration were dictated by EMA label: Genotype 1 patients

    received either a Sofosbuvir based regimen (SOF + Riba,

    SOF + Sim ± Riba, SOF + Dac ± Riba or SOF/LDV ±

    Riba) or Ritonavir boosted

    Paritaprevir/Ombitasvir/Dasabuvir ± Riba.

    • Genotype 2 received SOF + RBV, Genotype 3 SOF +

    RBV, SOF + Dac ± Riba or PR + SOF.

    • Genotype 4 received either a Sofosbuvir based regimen

    or Ritonavir boosted Paritaprevir/Ombitasvir/ + Riba.

    • Sustained virological response was assessed at week

    12 following treatment discontinuation.

  • 21

    • Overall from December 2014 to December 2015,

    • N=2,432 patients received treatment.

    • 81.8% of them had advanced fibrosis (14.8%) or

    compensated cirrhosis (67%), decompensated cirrhosis

    was present in (8%).

    • HCV-1 and HCV-3 were the most prevalent genotypes

    being found in 1,534 (63%) and 419 patients (17%),

    respectively.

    • 26 SAEs (1%) were recorded during treatment or follow-up,

    15 in cirrhotics and 11 on the liver transplant (LT) waiting list

    or in the post-LT period. 6 of 26 SAEs (0.2%) were deemed

    related to therapy.

  • 22

    • 2 patients died during treatment (0.08%), both patients

    had decompensated cirrhosis (MELD score 16 and 13).

    • Death was liver related in 1, and was not attributed to

    therapy in both patients.

    • At the time of analysis 1,534 patients have completed

    the treatment phase and 872 have been evaluated for

    SVR.

    • By ITT analysis overall 90.4% (788/872) patients

    achieved an SVR.

    • SVR rates were 92.9% in HCV-1 (498/536), 89.3% in

    HCV-2 (101/113), 81.1% in HCV-3 (116/143) and

    88.9% in HCV-4 (71/80).

  • 23

    Abstract LBP510

    J. McCombs1, J. McGinnis1,2, S. Fox1,3, I. Tonnu-Mihara2

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

    2. Veterans Health Administration, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Long Beach

    3. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States

  • 24

    • Evaluation of the effectiveness of simeprevir/sofosbuvir,

    ledipasvir/sofosbuvir, and ombitasvir/paritaprevir/

    ritonavir/dasabuvir within the US Veterans Health

    Administration.

    • Effectiveness rates were estimated across all three

    treatments, and multivariate logistic analysis was employed

    to explore the impact of treatment type, controlling for

    patient and disease characteristics.

  • 25

    • The unadjusted rates of effectiveness were

    – 87.3% for simeprevir/sofosbuvir (n=3,068)

    – 93.2% for ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (n=5,524)

    – 93.4% for ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir/dasabuvir (n=1,012)

    • Simeprevir/sofosbuvir yielded lower effectiveness rates than the

    other two study treatments (OR = 0.64 [0.49–0.85]).

    • Patients with compensated and decompensated cirrhosis or HCC at

    the start of treatment were less likely to achieve SVR.

    • Blacks and males were less likely to achieve SVR, while co-infection

    with HIV, hepatitis B, diabetes and obesity had no impact on

    treatment effectiveness.

    • There was some limited evidence that patients younger than 60

    years of age were less likely to respond.

  • 26

    Abstract PS004

    E. Zuckerman1, E. Ashkenasi1, Y. Kovalev1, E. Weitsman2, R.T. Kaspa3, M. Brown3, M. Cohen3,

    T. Saadi4, Y. Baruch4, M. Carlebach5, R. Hazzan6, R. Safadi7, T. Goldberg7, R. Oren7, Y. Ashur8,

    M. Carmiel9, Y. Kitay10, R. Hadari10, S.A. Mouch11, Y. Menachem12, H. Kathcman12, R. Bruk12,

    O. Shibolet12

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Liver Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa

    2. Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan

    3. Liver Institute, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva

    4. Liver Unit, Rambam Medical Center

    5. Liver Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa

    6. Liver Unit, Haemek Medical Center, Afula

    7. Liver Unit, Hadassah Medical Center

    8. Liver Clinic, CHS, Jerusalem

    9. Liver Unit, Western Galilee Medical Center, Naharya

    10. Liver Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba

    11. Liver Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera

    12. Liver Unit, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • 27

    • The paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir, dasabuvir with or without

    ribavirin (3D ± R) regimen is approved in USA

    and Europe for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients with

    GT 1 and 4.

    • Approved in January 2015 in Israel for GT1, CHC patients with

    advanced fibrosis only (F3 and F4).

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    • 8 patients developed hepatic decompensation

  • 32

    Abstract PS007

    S. Susser1, J. Dietz1, J. Vermehren1, K.-H. Peiffer1, S. Passmann1, D. Perner1, C. Berkowski1,

    P. Ferenci2, M. Buti3, B. Müllhaupt4, B. Hunyadi5, H. Hinrichsen6, S. Mauss7, J. Petersen8,

    P. Buggisch8, A. Schober9, G. Felten10, D. Hüppe10, A. Zipf11, G. Knecht12, T. Lutz12, T. Berg13,

    S. Zeuzem1, C. Sarrazin1

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Medizinische Klinik1, Goethe-University Hospital,

    Frankfurt, Germany

    2. Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of

    Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    3. Hospital Universitario Valle Hebron and Ciberehd,

    Barcelona, Spain

    4. Swiss Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Center and Department of

    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital

    Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    5. Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital,

    Kaposvár, Hungary

    6. Practice of Gastroenterology, Kiel

    7. Practice of Gastroenterology, Düsseldorf

    8. Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine IFI, Hamburg

    9. Practice of Hepatology, Göttingen

    10. Practice of Hepatology, Herne

    11. Practice of Gastroenterology, Mannheim

    12. Infektiologikum, Frankfurt

    13. Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology,

    University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  • 33

    • Serum samples of 3305 European HCV infected

    patients were collected and population-based

    sequencing of HCV NS3, NS5A and NS5B genes

    was performed.

    • RAVs were considered as relevant if they were

    associated with treatment failure or were shown to

    confer a >2-fold changed drug susceptibility in

    comparison to the reference strain.

    • RAVs were analysed in NS3 (positions 36, 43, 54, 55,

    56, 80,122,155, 156, 158, 168, 170,175), NS5A (24,

    28, 30, 31, 58, 92, 93) and NS5B (159, 282, 321, 316,

    368, 411, 414, 448, 553, 554, 556, 558, 559, 561).

  • 34

    • Treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced

    patients infected with HCV genotype 1a (n = 1417),

    1b (n = 1300), 1c-e (n = 5), 2 (n = 49), 3

    (n = 389), 4 (n = 119), 5 (n = 7), 6 (n = 1), and

    2k/1b (n = 18) were studied.

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    • Pre-existing RAVs could be observed in 38% of

    treatment-naive patients.

    • After failure to SOF/RBV ± PEG no RAVs could be

    detected.

    • After DAA failure, 36-100% (depending on the

    regimen)

    – This may impose restrictions on effective retreatment

    options with currently approved DAA regimens

  • 36

    Abstract THU-217

    C. Hezode1, S. Fourati2, G. Scoazec1, A. Soulier2, A. Varaut1, M. Francois1, I. Ruiz2,

    A. Mallat1, S. Chevaliez2, J.-M. Pawlotsky2

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Hepatology

    2. Virology, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France

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    • 11 patients with compensated liver disease (fibroscan: 6.6–

    35.3 kPa) who failed to achieve SVR were included.

    – 1a: n = 4

    – 1b: n = 3

    – 2: n=1

    – 4: n = 2

    – 6: n=1

    • They had received SOF + DCV (n = 3); SOF + SMV (n = 2);

    SOF + LDV (n = 1); GRZ + EBV (n = 1); mericitabine +

    danoprevir + ritonavir (n = 1); without RBV for 12 weeks.

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    • SVR: n=5

    • Relapse: n=3 (all GT1a, cirrhotic and previous

    nonresponder to PEG/RBV, all double RAVs at

    baseline)

    • Pending: n=2

    • Discontinued/lost to follow up: n=1

  • 39

    Abstract LBP519

    N. Afdhal1, B. Bacon2, M. Curry1, D. Dieterich3, S. Flamm4, L. Guest5, K. Kowdley6, Y. Lee5,

    N. Tsai7, Z. Younossi8

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

    2. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO

    3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

    4. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

    5. Trio Health Analytics, La Jolla, CA

    6. Liver Care Network, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

    7. Queens Medical Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

    8. Center for Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, United States

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    • PPI use may reduce the AUC for ledipasvir

    and could impact SVR in patients treated with

    LDV/SOF.

    • An incomplete report from the HCV TARGET network

    suggested that PPI use at baseline was associated with a

    5% reduction in SVR12 (Terrault, AASLD 2015); however

    data regarding the actual PPI, duration of use and dosage

    was not available.

    • The aim of this study is to evaluate type of PPI, dose and

    duration of PPI treatment on SVR in

    real-world patients treated with LDV/SOF.

  • 41

    Population matching was done based on PPI use and age, gender, prior treatment, race, cirrhosis,

    treatment duration, platelet count, decompensation, co-infection, practice location and use of RBV

  • 42

    • The type of PPI, PPI dose and PPI duration had no

    effect on SVR.

    • Twice daily PPI had an effect with reduced SVR of

    91.7% in univariate analysis but not multivariate

    analysis.

    • Small number and wide confidence interval; however,

    caution should be use with twice daily PPI.

  • 43

    Abstract GS13

    M. Colombo1, A. Aghemo1, L. Liu2, R. Hyland2, C. Yun2, D. Brainard2, J. McHutchison2,

    M. Bourlie re3, M. Peck-Radosavljevic4, M. Manns5, S. Pol6

    E-mail: [email protected]

    1. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    2. Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, United States

    3. Hôpital Saint Joseph, Marseilles, France

    4. Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    5. Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

    6. Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France

  • 44

    • 5 sites in Italy, France, Austria and Germany

    • Kidney transplant recipients with HCV GT 1 or 4, treatment-naïve or

    -experienced, with or without cirrhosis

    • Cirrhosis determined by biopsy (Metavir score =4 or Ishak score ≥5),

    FibroScan® > 12.5 kPa or FibroTest >0.75 + APRI >2 (15% had

    cirrhosis)

    • Inclusion criteria

    – >6 months from kidney transplant

    – HCV RNA ≥LLOQ (15 IU/mL) at Screening

    – Hemoglobin ≥10 g/dL, platelets >50 x 103/μL, CLcr ≥40 mL/min

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    LDV/SOF FDC

    LDV/SOF FDC SVR12

    n=57

    n=57

    SVR12

    0 24 12 36 Week

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    LDV/SOF

    12 weeks

    n=57

    LDV/SOF

    24 weeks

    n=57

    Median eGFR, mL/min (range) 50 (37-135) 60 (35-130)

    Median serum creatinine, mg/dL (range) 1.3 (0.5-2.7) 1.3 (0.8-2.4)

    Median years from transplant, (range) 10 (0.5-40) 12 (0.8-42)

    Use of immunosuppressants, n (%)

    Corticosteroids 39 (68) 42 (74)

    Others 56 (98) 55 (96)

    Tacrolimus 25 (44) 30 (53)

    Mycophenolate 38 (67) 31 (54)

    Cyclosporine 23 (40) 21 (37)

    Azathioprine 6 (11) 8 (14)

  • 46 46

    Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals.

    100 100 100 96 96 100

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    GT 1 GT 4

    SV

    R1

    2 (

    %)

    51/51 6/6 4/4

    Overall

    51/53 57/57 55/57

    LDV/SOF 12 Weeks LDV/SOF 24 Weeks

    2 LTFU

  • 47

    Abstract PS002

    J. Sperl1, G. Horvath2, W. Halota3,J.A. Ruiz-Tapiador4, A. Streinu- Cercel5, L. Jancoriene6, K.Werling7, H. Kileng8,

    S. Koklu9, J. Gerstoft10, S. Patel11, J. Qiu11, E. Assante-Appiah11,

    J. Wahl11, B.-Y. Nguyen11, E. Barr11, H.L. Platt11.

    1Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic; 2Budai Hepatólogiai Centrum,

    Budapest, Hungary; 3Wojewódzki Szpital Obserwacyjno-Zakaźny im Tadeusza Browicza, Bydgoszcz, Poland; 4Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain; 5Institutul Naţional de Boli Infecţioase “Prof. Dr. Matei

    Balș”, Bucharest, Romania; 6Centre of Infectious Diseases, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos,

    Vilnius, Lithuania; 7Semmelweis Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary; 8UNN Universitetssykehuset Nord Norge, Tromsø,

    Norway; 9Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey; 10Department of Infectious Diseases,

    Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; 11Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, United States

    E-mail: [email protected]

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