Unawareness of HCV serostatus among persons newly diagnosed with HIV

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Treatment of chronic HCV infection with direct acting antivirals can achieve high rates of sustained viral response in persons with HIV. In the perspective of HCV elimination in this population, high rates of HCV detection will be needed. We evaluated the unawareness of HCV infection in 2927 persons newly diagnosed with HIV during 2004-2015 in Rome, Italy. Two-hundred-fifty persons (8.5%) were anti-HCV positive. The proportion of HCV-unaware individuals at the time of HIV diagnosis was 58.0% (145/250), without significant variations over time, 17.2% showed an advanced fibrosis stage. The absence of previous HIV testing was significantly associated with HCV unawareness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection and public health - 12(2019), 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 733-737

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scognamiglio, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Navarra, Assunta [VerfasserIn]
Orchi, Nicoletta [VerfasserIn]
De Carli, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Pittalis, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Mastrorosa, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Visco Comandini, Ubaldo [VerfasserIn]
Agrati, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Antinori, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Puro, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Ippolito, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Girardi, Enrico [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Evaluation Study
HCV
HIV-HCV coinfection
Hepatitis
Italy
Journal Article
Late diagnosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.01.2020

Date Revised 28.01.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jiph.2019.01.055

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM293630283