All the news Showing 8 of 8 articles from: Acute infectionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Six weeks of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir cures genotype 1 acute hepatitis C in people without HIV Liz Highleyman / 30 November 2016 A short course of sofosbuvir/ledipasvir (Harvoni) taken for 6 weeks cured 100% of HIV-negative people with genotype 1 acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, including those with high viral loads, according to study results ... Public health surveillance system may underestimate cases of acute hepatitis C infection Manual Items / 02 July 2015 Age, sex, and race predict spontaneous hepatitis C virus clearance Liz Highleyman / 24 October 2014 African-Americans, men, and older people were less likely to experience natural hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance without treatment, according to findings presented at IDWeek 2014 last week in Philadelphia, United States. Overall, out ... High response rates with telaprevir triple therapy for HIV-positive men with acute hepatitis C Liz Highleyman / 05 November 2013 Adding telaprevir (Incivo or Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin shortens the duration of treatment and improves sustained response rates for HIV-positive men with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to ... HCV reinfection is common among HIV-positive gay men in Europe Liz Highleyman / 31 October 2013 Eighteen per cent of HIV-positive men acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) a second time after clearing the virus, with some having third and fourth infections as well, according to findings from the European ... Study: Higher rates of acute hepatitis C virus clearance are seen in women News Medical / 17 September 2013 Sex, genotype, and IL28B pattern predict spontaneous HCV clearance Liz Highleyman / 19 August 2013 Women, people with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1, and those with a favourable IL28B gene pattern are more likely to spontaneously clear HCV without treatment, while those with unfavourable ... Incidence of hepatitis C re-infection and clearance may be understimated Michael Carter / 26 April 2012 The incidence of hepatitis C re-infection among high-risk individuals who have spontaneously cleared the infection may be higher than previously assumed, a modelling study published in the May 1st edition of the ... ← First1Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive