Changing trends in international versus domestic HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a perspective for the direct-acting antiviral scale-up …

L Salazar-Vizcaya, RD Kouyos… - The Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Scale-up of direct-acting antiviral therapy is expected to abate hepatitis C virus
(HCV) incidence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex …

Persistent transmission of HCV among men who have sex with men despite widespread screening and treatment with direct-acting antivirals

S Popping, L Cuypers, MAA Claassen… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: In the Netherlands, unrestricted access to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) halved
the incidence of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among HIV-infected men who have …

Evidence of a large, international network of HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men

T van de Laar, O Pybus, S Bruisten, D Brown, M Nelson… - Gastroenterology, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Since 2000, there has been a marked rise in acute hepatitis C virus
(HCV) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) …

Hepatitis C virus spread from HIV-positive to HIV-negative men who have sex with men

C Charre, L Cotte, R Kramer, P Miailhes, M Godinot… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential transmission of HCV strains between HIV-
positive men who have sex with men (MSM) and HIV-negative MSM. Since 2000, an …

Genetic characterization of multiple hepatitis C virus infections following acute infection in HIV-infected men who have sex with men

XV Thomas, BPX Grady, JTM Van Der Meer, CK Ho… - Aids, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: High rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfections among HIV-infected men who
have sex with men (MSM) following clearance of a primary infection suggest absence of …

Primary incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in San Diego, 2000–2015

A Chaillon, X Sun, ER Cachay, D Looney… - Open forum …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Little is known about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic among HIV-infected
men who have sex with men (HIV+ MSM) in the United States. In this study, we aimed to …

Clustering of HCV coinfections on HIV phylogeny indicates domestic and sexual transmission of HCV

RD Kouyos, A Rauch, J Böni, S Yerly… - International journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: HCV coinfection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-
infected individuals and its incidence has increased dramatically in HIV-infected men who …

Higher risk of incident hepatitis C virus coinfection among men who have sex with men, in whom the HIV genetic bottleneck at transmission was wide

RD Kouyos, A Rauch, DL Braun… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. High-risk sexual behaviors have been suggested as drivers of the recent
dramatic increase of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) among human …

High clustering of acute HCV infections and high rate of associated STIs among Parisian HIV-positive male patients

E Todesco, N Day, C Amiel, S Elaerts… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Increasing incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men having sex with men (MSM) has been described …

Hepatitis C virus transmission among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam: external introductions may complicate microelimination efforts

J Koopsen, E Parker, AX Han… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background It is unclear whether unrestricted access and high uptake of direct-acting
antivirals (DAAs) is sufficient to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) in high-risk populations …