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Prevalence and sexual risk of hepatitis C virus infection when human immunodeficiency virus was acquired through sexual intercourse among patients of the Lyon University Hospitals, France, 1992–2002
Author(s) -
D'Oliveira A.,
Voirin N.,
Allard R.,
Peyramond D.,
Chidiac C.,
Touraine J.L.,
Fabry J.,
Trepo C.,
Vanhems P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of viral hepatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.329
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1365-2893
pISSN - 1352-0504
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00583.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sexual intercourse , hepatitis c virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , logistic regression , sexual transmission , cohort , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis c , virology , demography , immunology , virus , population , environmental health , microbicide , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
Summary. To report the prevalence and the risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a hospital cohort of 2691 sexually human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected patients. The patients were enrolled in the Lyon section of the French Hospital Database on HIV between 1992 and 2002. Baseline characteristics were analysed. The detection of HCV‐antibodies (Ab) was used for diagnosis. The HCV‐Ab prevalence rate was 5.7 and 12.89% for individuals infected by HIV after homosexual intercourse or heterosexual intercourse, respectively. HCV‐Ab was three times more frequently found among patients infected with HIV after heterosexual intercourse compared with patients infected with HIV after homosexual intercourse (adjusted OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 2.28–4.62, multiple logistic regression). The risk of HCV infection among HIV‐infected individuals differed according to sexual behaviour. The determinants associated with HCV transmission through the sexual route needs to be explored further.