Optimal targeting of Hepatitis C virus treatment among injecting drug users to those not enrolled in methadone maintenance programs.

Background: This work used mathematical modelling to explore effective policy for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in Australia in the context of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).

Method: We consider two models to depict HCV in the population of injecting drug users (IDU) within Australia. The first model considers the IDU population as a whole.