Impact of Direct-Acting Antivirals on the Burden of HCV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs and Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study | Zendy

Luisa SalazarVizcaya | Zendy; Gilles Wandeler | Zendy; Jan Fehr | Zendy; Dominique L. Braun | Zendy; Matthias Cavassini | Zendy; Marcel Stoeckle | Zendy; Enos Bernasconi | Zendy; Matthias Hoffmann | Zendy; Mathieu Rougemont | Zendy; Charles Béguelin | Zendy; Andri Rauch | Zendy; Vincent Aubert | Zendy; M Battegay | Zendy; J Böni | Zendy; H C Bucher | Zendy; Alexandra Calmy | Zendy; Angela Ciuffi | Zendy; G Dollenmaier | Zendy; Matthias Egger | Zendy; Luigia Elzi | Zendy; Jacques Fellay | Zendy; Hansjakob Furrer | Zendy; C A Fux | Zendy; Huldrych F. Günthard | Zendy; David Haerry | Zendy; Barbara Hasse | Zendy; Hans H. Hirsch | Zendy; Irène Hösli | Zendy; Christian R. Kahlert | Zendy; Laurent Kaiser | Zendy; Olivia Keiser | Zendy; Thomas Klimkait | Zendy; Roger D. Kouyos | Zendy; Helen Kovari | Zendy; B Ledergerber | Zendy; G Martinetti | Zendy; Begoña Martínez de Tejada | Zendy; Catia Marzolini | Zendy; Karin J. Metzner | Zendy; N Müller | Zendy; Dunja Nicca | Zendy; Giuseppe Pantaleo | Zendy; P Paioni | Zendy; Charles M. Rudin | Zendy; Alexandra Scherrer | Zendy; Patrick Schmid | Zendy; Roberto F. Speck | Zendy; M Stöckle | Zendy; Philip Tarr | Zendy; Alexandra Trkola | Zendy; Pietro Vernazza | Zendy; Rainer Weber | Zendy; Sabine Yerly | Zendy

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Impact of Direct-Acting Antivirals on the Burden of HCV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs and Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Author(s) -

Luisa SalazarVizcaya,

Gilles Wandeler,

Jan Fehr,

Dominique L. Braun,

Matthias Cavassini,

Marcel Stoeckle,

Enos Bernasconi,

Matthias Hoffmann,

Mathieu Rougemont,

Charles Béguelin,

Andri Rauch,

Vincent Aubert,

M Battegay,

J Böni,

H C Bucher,

Alexandra Calmy,

Angela Ciuffi,

G Dollenmaier,

Matthias Egger,

Luigia Elzi,

Jacques Fellay,

Hansjakob Furrer,

C A Fux,

Huldrych F. Günthard,

David Haerry,

Barbara Hasse,

Hans H. Hirsch,

Irène Hösli,

Christian R. Kahlert,

Laurent Kaiser,

Olivia Keiser,

Thomas Klimkait,

Roger D. Kouyos,

Helen Kovari,

B Ledergerber,

G Martinetti,

Begoña Martínez de Tejada,

Catia Marzolini,

Karin J. Metzner,

N Müller,

Dunja Nicca,

Giuseppe Pantaleo,

P Paioni,

Charles M. Rudin,

Alexandra Scherrer,

Patrick Schmid,

Roberto F. Speck,

M Stöckle,

Philip Tarr,

Alexandra Trkola,

Pietro Vernazza,

Rainer Weber,

Sabine Yerly

Publication year - 2018

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/ofy154

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

In the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, the number of people who inject drugs with replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection decreased substantially after the introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Among men who have sex with men, the increase in DAA uptake and efficacy was counterbalanced by frequent incident HCV infections.

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