Open AccessEvaluation of the Hepatitis C Testing Strategy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men at the Sexually Transmitted Infections Outpatient Clinic of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Vita W. Jongen,
Martijn S. van Rooijen,
Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff,
Astrid M. Newsum,
Louise de Vos Klootwijk,
Elske Hoornenborg,
Arjan Hogewoning,
Marc van der Valk,
Guido E.L. van den Berk,
Maria Prins,
Titia Heijman
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001223
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , incidence (geometry) , outpatient clinic , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , syphilis , physics , optics
As the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections remains high among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) an HCV testing strategy was introduced at the sexually transmitted infections (STI) clinic in Amsterdam in 2017. We aimed to evaluate this HCV testing strategy.