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Author Topic: PrEP Users Should Get Routine Screening for Hepatitis C  (Read 7178 times)

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PrEP Users Should Get Routine Screening for Hepatitis C
« on: February 19, 2015, 02:06:47 pm »
New report from Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center: Evidence of sexual acquisition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) receiving pre-exposure prophylaxis has prompted a call for routine monitoring for the virus among PrEP users.

Two new cases among PrEP users add evidence to previous findings that the risk of sexual transmission of hep C is likely not reserved to those who are living with HIV. Additionally, however small the risk of hep C may be, its existence adds to the larger dialogue about having sex without a condom while on PrEP (or not on it, for that matter).

For more info: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/sexual_acquisition_HCV_2501_26831.shtml

 


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