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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on October 25, 2017, 02:19:27 pm

Title: HIV-Positive Gay Men Who Contract Hep C Risk Rapid Liver Damage
Post by: Hep Editors on October 25, 2017, 02:19:27 pm
Men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV and contract hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at risk of rapid progression of liver fibrosis (scarring), aidsmap reports. Multiple U.S. and European studies have reached this conclusion, and now a larger study on the topic has come out of Germany.

There is an epidemic of sexually transmitted HCV among HIV-positive MSM in particular. HIV-negative MSM are also at risk but apparently to a lesser extent.

For more...
https://www.hepmag.com/article/hivpositive-gay-men-contract-hep-c-risk-rapid-liver-damage