All the news Showing 6 of 6 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 ... 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 ... 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