Open AccessBehavioural, not biological, factors drive the HCV epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: HCV and HIV modelling analysis including HCV treatment-as-prevention impact
Author(s) -
Louis MacGregor,
Natasha K. Martin,
Christinah Mukandavire,
Ford Hickson,
Peter Weatherburn,
Matthew Hickman,
Peter Vickerman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyx075
Subject(s) - virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , hepatitis c virus , virus
Uncertainty surrounds why hepatitis C virus (HCV) is concentrated among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). We used mathematical modelling to explore reasons for these infection patterns, and implications for HCV treatment-as-prevention.
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