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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C Research News & Studies => Topic started by: Hep Editors on February 24, 2017, 09:53:51 am
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People who are cured of or have spontaneously cleared hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at higher risk of reinfection if they are HIV positive or inject drugs. Meanwhile, among injection drug users who have cleared the virus, mental health treatment and opioid substitution therapy (OST) are each associated with a reduced risk of HCV reinfection.
Publishing their findings in The Lancet, researchers analyzed data from the British Columbia Hepatitis Testers Cohort, which includes information on all individuals tested for HCV or HIV at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory between 1990 and 2013.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/mental-health-opioid-substitution-treatments-lower-risk-hep-c-reinfection