Open AccessStable Low Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Prevalence Among HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending the Sexually Transmitted Infection Outpatient Clinic in Amsterdam, 2007 to 2017
Author(s) -
Astrid M. Newsum,
Martijn S. van Rooijen,
Michelle Kroone,
Sylvia M. Bruisten,
Amy Matser,
Arjan Hogewoning,
Maria Prins,
Titia Heijman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000877
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , outpatient clinic , confidence interval , logistic regression , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , syphilis , virus , pathology
In response to the increased hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence recently found among participants of the Amsterdam preexposure prophylaxis demonstration project, we evaluated HCV prevalence over time and the performance of the HCV-MOSAIC risk score for detection of HCV infection in HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) attending the Amsterdam sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic.