HCV Sexual Transmission
HCV Sexual Transmission
HIV+ People Who Get Hepatitis C May Experience Rapid Liver Disease Progression
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
People with HIV, especially those with advanced immune suppression, who become coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) may experience rapid progression to decompensated cirrhosis and liver-related death, Mt. Sinai researchers reported in the December 21, 2012, advance edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Hepatitis C Sexual Transmission Is Rare among Monogamous Heterosexual Couples
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- Category: HCV Prevention
- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) between long-term, monogamous, heterosexual partners can potentially occur, but appears to be very uncommon, according to a study of 500 couples described in the November 23, 2012, advance online edition of Hepatology. Furthermore, the analysis failed to find a link between HCV transmission and any specific sexual activities.
AASLD: Epidemic of Sexually Transmitted HCV among HIV+ Gay Men in Amsterdam Levels Off
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Friday, 18 November 2011 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
The epidemic of apparently sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Amsterdam appears to have stabilized since 2008-2009, but monitoring and prevention efforts are still needed, according to data presented at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Liver Meeting (AASLD 2011) last week in San Francisco.
HIV11: Sexually Transmitted HCV Rising among HIV+ Gay Men in Europe, but More Are Getting Treated
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- Category: HCV Prevention
- Published on Friday, 14 December 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection rates continue to rise among HIV positive people in Europe, with the highest incidence among injection drug users and men who have sex with men, researchers reported at the 11th International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection last month in Glasgow. Another study, however, found that HIV/HCV coinfected people are now more likely to receive hepatitis C treatment.
Little Overlap of Sexually Transmitted HCV between U.S. and Europe
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- Category: HCV Sexual Transmission
- Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:38
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A phylogenetic analysis of more 200 hepatitis C virus (HCV) strains from HIV positive gay and bisexual men revealed extensive clustering of related viruses within U.S. cities, but little overlap between the East and West coasts, or between the U.S. and Europe or Australia, according to findings presented at the at the 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection (CROI 2011) this month in Boston.
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