HCV Populations
Hepatitis C Incidence Rises among HIV+ Gay Men in Swiss Study
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- Category: Gay & Bisexual Men/MSM
- Published on Friday, 09 November 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has increased dramatically over the past 13 years among gay and bisexual men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, even as it remained stable among heterosexuals and decreased among injection drug users, investigators reported in the November 2012 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Prenatal HBV Screening Helps Babies More than Moms
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- Category: Pregnancy & HCV MTCT
- Published on Friday, 13 May 2011 07:59
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Routine screening for hepatitis B virus (HBV) during pregnancy enables most infants to be protected against infection, but underserved mothers often do not receive education about or care for their own infection, researchers reported this week at DDW 2011.
Early Antiretroviral Treatment Reduces New HIV Infections, Says British Columbia Study
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- Category: Prisoners
- Published on Friday, 23 July 2010 13:56
A study published in the July 18, 2010 advance online edition of the Lancet (free full text with registration) and discussed at the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) this week in Vienna offers further evidence that widespread early antiretroviral therapy (ART) can reduce the spread of HIV at a population level. Universal early ART is not without controversy, however, due to concerns about side effects, drug resistance, and resource allocation.
Viral Load, HIV Status, but not IL28B Predict Perinatal HCV Transmission
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- Category: Pregnancy & HCV MTCT
- Published on Friday, 29 April 2011 00:03
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Women with higher HCV viral load and those coinfected with HIV were more likely to transmit HCV to their babies in a recent Spanish study. IL28B gene pattern did not affect transmission directly, but babies with the favorable CC pattern more often spontaneously cleared HCV.
Some Prisoners Can Achieve Good Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes, but Response Rates May be Lower than those of Non-inmates
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- Category: Prisoners
- Published on Friday, 11 September 2009 14:01
Some prisoners with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection -- especially genotypes 2 or 3 -- can achieve sustained response using pegylated interferon plus ribavirin, but the likelihood of responding is lower than it is for patients in the outside community, according to a study in the August 2009 Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology.
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