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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on November 28, 2018, 10:20:38 am
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People on treatment for HIV have a higher risk of death if they are coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), MD Magazine reports. Treating hep C lowers the risk.
Publishing their findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers analyzed data on 3,056 people with HIV participating in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study and the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. A total of 543 of these individuals had hep C upon entering either study.
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https://www.hepmag.com/article/hepatitis-c-increases-risk-death-among-people-hiv-treatment