All the news Showing 10 of 52 articles from: Transmission and preventionGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources Hepatitis C is detectable in rectal and nasal fluid Keith Alcorn / 12 November 2018 High levels of hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be found in the rectal and nasal fluids of people with high hepatitis C viral loads even when blood is not present, Austrian researchers ... Hepatitis C elimination in people who inject drugs needs a health system strategy, says expert review Keith Alcorn / 24 September 2018 Achieving the elimination of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs will require a comprehensive health system-wide strategy that addresses stigma, barriers to care, financing, the involvement of people who inject drugs and ... Less than half of children born to mothers with hepatitis C tested for HCV, US study finds Keith Alcorn / 11 September 2018 Less than half of the children born to mothers with opioid dependency and hepatitis C were tested for hepatitis C between 2006 and 2015 in a large clinic providing antenatal care for ... 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 ... Elimination of hepatitis C in Europe requires greater focus on prisoners and people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 26 February 2018 Efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis in Europe will need to focus on people who inject drugs and prisoners if European Union nations are to achieve the World Health Organization target ... 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 testing linked to reduced opioid use among people who inject drugs Liz Highleyman / 25 October 2017 Getting tested for hepatitis C virus (HCV) was associated with reduced drug use, especially among those who tested positive, but even people who tested negative saw some reduction, according to study results presented ... HCV infection is rising among HIV-positive gay men in San Diego Liz Highleyman / 24 October 2017 Hepatitis C incidence is increasing among gay and bisexual men living with HIV in San Diego, according to the largest analysis of its kind done in the United States. Study results were ... Does drug injection equipment other than syringes transmit hepatitis C? Liz Highleyman / 19 September 2017 Sharing drug preparation paraphernalia may not significantly contribute to hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission among people who inject drugs, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In an experiment designed ... ← Prev12345...6Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Transmission and prevention Diagnosis and monitoring Disease course and symptoms HCV and coinfections Living with HCV Treatment issues Side effects Therapies Liver transplants 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