Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Clearance After Treatment With Direct-Acting Antivirals in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-HCV Coinfection Modulates Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Transcription on Antiretroviral Therapy
Author(s) -
Yanina Ghiglione,
María L. Polo,
Alejandra Urioste,
Ajantha Rhodes,
Alejandro Czernikier,
César Trifone,
María Florencia Quiroga,
Alicia Sisto,
Patricia Patterson,
Horacio Salomón,
María José Rolón,
Sonia Bakkour,
Sharon R. Lewin,
Gabriela Turk,
Natalia Laufer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa115
Subject(s) - coinfection , virology , hepatitis c virus , immune system , medicine , virus , immunology , population , hepatitis c , environmental health
Elimination of HCV in HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals alters immune function and the transcriptional activity of latently infected cells. This report provides insights into the effects of HCV coinfection in HIV persistence and regards coinfected subjects as a population in which HIV remission might prove to be more challenging.
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