IAS 2019

infohep news

• Treatment for people living with HIV and HCV

  Curing hepatitis C may reduce inflammation in people with HIV

  Liz Highleyman / 11 September 2019

  Successful treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) may lead to a reduction in immune activation related to leakage of bacteria from the gut in people with HIV/HCV co-infection, according to ...

• HIV

  Young adults with vertical HIV and hepatitis C co-infection have a high hepatitis C cure rate

  Liz Highleyman / 08 August 2019

  Young adults with vertically transmitted HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection can easily be cured with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), but some already have advanced liver damage by the time ...

• Treatment outcomes

  13% of HIV-positive Europeans who are cured of hepatitis C are reinfected

  Liz Highleyman / 05 August 2019

  More than one in ten HIV-positive people in the large EuroSIDA cohort who were cured of hepatitis C were reinfected within two years, according to a report last month at ...