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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on February 16, 2018, 11:56:57 am
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People who are coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus and undergo treatment for HCV are less likely to be cured if they have a low CD4 count, an AIDS diagnosis or advanced liver disease or are male, Healio reports.
Publishing their findings in the journal Hepatology, researchers analyzed real-world data on 2,369 HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals who were treated for hep C with interferon-free direct-acting antiviral (DAA)–based therapy in Madrid between November 2014 and August 2016.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/among-hiv-certain-factors-lower-chance-curing-hep-c