HCV epidemiology in high-risk groups and the risk of reinfection

H Midgard, A Weir, N Palmateer, VL Re III… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID) and high-risk sexual
practices among men who have sex with men (MSM) are important routes of hepatitis C …

[HTML][HTML] Sexually acquired hepatitis C virus infection: a review

DPC Chan, HY Sun, HTH Wong, SS Lee… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Sexually acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a public health problem, with
significant disease burden primarily in HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) …

Can hepatitis C virus (HCV) direct-acting antiviral treatment as prevention reverse the HCV epidemic among men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom …

NK Martin, A Thornton, M Hickman… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background. We report on the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic among human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United …

Late relapse versus HCV reinfection in patients with sustained virologic response after sofosbuvir-based therapies

C Sarrazin, V Isakov, E Svarovskaia… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Development of direct-acting antivirals in recent years has dramatically
enhanced rates of viral eradication to> 90% in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatitis C virus transmission among human immunodeficiency virus‐infected men who have sex with men: modeling the effect of behavioral and treatment …

L Salazar‐Vizcaya, RD Kouyos, C Zahnd… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections among human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)‐infected men who have sex with men has increased in recent years and is associated …

Advances in the management of HIV/HCV coinfection

M Mandorfer, P Schwabl, S Steiner, T Reiberger… - Hepatology …, 2016 - Springer
HCV coinfection has emerged as a major cause of non-AIDS-related morbidity and mortality
in HIV-positive patients. As a consequence of the availability of modern combined …

The ABCs of STIs: an update on sexually transmitted infections

ML Yarbrough, CAD Burnham - Clinical chemistry, 2016 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are spread primarily through sexual
contact and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Once identified, some …

Prevalence and disease burden of HCV coinfection in HIV cohorts in the Asia Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

M Martinello, J Amin, GV Matthews, GJ Dore - AIDS reviews, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
Background: Estimates of the prevalence and disease burden of HIV/HCV coinfection in the
Asia Pacific Region are uncertain. Methods: A systematic review of indexed (PubMed …

Virologic and immunologic aspects of HIV–hepatitis C virus coinfection

KW Chew, D Bhattacharya - Aids, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection is estimated to affect 2 million individuals
globally. The acceleration of HCV-associated complications, particularly hepatic fibrosis …

Transmission of HCV NS5A inhibitor–resistant variants among HIV-infected men who have sex with men

F Abravanel, S Métivier, M Chauveau… - Clinical Infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
3. Krishnan P, Tripathi R, Schnell G, et al. Long-term follow-up of treatment-emergent
resistance-associated variants in NS3, NS5A and NS5B with paritaprevir/r, ombitasvir and …