All the news Showing 10 of 39 articles from: Sexual transmissionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Epidemic of sexually transmitted hepatitis C in gay men now involves both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men Michael Carter / 29 March 2019 Incidence of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) among men who have sex with men (MSM) who use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Lyon increased tenfold between 2016 and 2017, according to ... Hepatitis C drops among HIV-positive London gay men after direct-acting antiviral scale-up Liz Highleyman / 07 March 2019 New cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men seen at three clinics in London have declined by nearly 70% since 2015, according to a presentation yesterday ... HIV and chronic HCV co-infection prevalence in England highest among MSM Michael Carter / 20 August 2018 Men who have sex with men (MSM) make up the majority of people with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) who have co-infection with HIV, according to data from Public Health England (PHE) published ... Unprecedented hepatitis C infection rates seen in gay men in Amsterdam PrEP programme Gus Cairns / 30 July 2018 Regular hepatitis C testing among the HIV-negative gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) participating in the Amsterdam pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project (AmPrEP) has revealed ... How HIV Alters Cells May Facilitate Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Poz / 22 March 2018 High rate of hepatitis C reinfection in German men who have sex with men Keith Alcorn / 03 November 2017 Around one in seven gay and bisexual men cured of hepatitis C at major treatment centres in Germany has become reinfected since 2014, according to findings from the German Hepatitis ... Hepatitis C test-and-treat programme reduces HCV by two-thirds among men who have sex with men in Swiss HIV Cohort Keith Alcorn / 31 October 2017 A systematic policy of test-and-treat cured 99% of men who have sex with men with hepatitis C in the Swiss HIV Cohort in an 8-month period and reduced the prevalence of hepatitis ... Rapid fibrosis progression in large proportion of HIV-positive gay men after acute HCV Michael Carter / 11 October 2017 Over a third of HIV-positive gay men develop significant liver fibrosis after an episode of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, German investigators report in the Journal of Viral Hepatitis. ... Six-question risk score can identify HIV-positive gay men needing testing for acute hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 13 June 2017 Six questions can identify HIV-positive gay men who are at elevated risk of having acute (recent) hepatitis C infection and who would benefit from further testing, according to a paper ... Study finds higher than expected hepatitis C prevalence among HIV-negative gay men in Amsterdam PrEP programme Liz Highleyman / 11 April 2017 An unexpectedly high number of HIV-negative gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Amsterdam were found to have hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, suggesting HCV is being transmitted sexually between men ... ← Prev1234Next → 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 Transfusion and medical procedures Injecting drug use Mother to child Sexual transmission Non-medical blood transfer HBV vaccination Epidemiology Screening and testing policy Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive