Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men | Zendy

Astrid M. Newsum | Zendy; Janke Schinkel | Zendy; Thijs van de Laar | Zendy; Jan T. M. van der Meer | Zendy; Maria Prins | Zendy

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Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men

Author(s) -

Astrid M. Newsum,

Janke Schinkel,

Thijs van de Laar,

Jan T. M. van der Meer,

Maria Prins

Publication year - 2017

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/ofx090

Subject(s) - medicine , virology , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hepatitis c virus , virus , hepatitis c , immunology , syphilis

We assessed spontaneous clearance in 27 human immunodeficiency virus-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) who seroconverted for hepatitis C virus (HCV). In contrast with a recent estimate of 45.8%, we found a spontaneous clearance rate of 11.1% (95% confidence interval = 2.4-29.2). This finding suggests that treatment deferral to await spontaneous clearance might not be justified for MSM with sexually acquired HC

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