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 Why is injecting equipment re-used? Drug users do their own research to find out Roger Pebody / 22 October 2015 Even in the context of the relatively good access to harm reduction services in Australia, the principle reasons for people who inject drugs to re-use syringes relate to the convenience of services, ... Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C Roger Pebody / 20 October 2015 A pooled analysis of 25 studies has shown for the first time good evidence that methadone and other forms of opioid substitution therapy substantially reduce new hepatitis C infections. Previously, this had ... Sexual transmission of HCV is increasing among gay and bisexual men with HIV, meta-analysis finds Liz Highleyman / 05 October 2015 Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is occurring among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM), associated with receptive anal sex and non-injection drug use, and a small subset of ... Hepatitis C treatment could halve HCV transmission among gay men in UK over 10 years Keith Alcorn / 24 June 2015 Access to more effective hepatitis C treatment could halve new infections among men who have sex with men in the United Kingdom over the next decade, according to a modelling study presented ... Re-infection due to ongoing risk probably the cause of HCV recurrence after SVR Michael Carter / 18 March 2015 Rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) reoccurrence after successful therapy differ markedly between risk groups, according to the results of a meta-analysis presented at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI ... Hepatitis C virus dried on inanimate surfaces can remain infectious for up to six weeks Michael Carter / 05 December 2013 Dried spots of blood contaminated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) can remain infectious for up to six weeks at normal room temperatures, research published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious ... Need for expansion of hepatitis C screening among veterans, 'baby-boom' generation and pregnant women highlighted Keith Alcorn / 04 November 2013 Two large studies of the 'baby-boom' generation in the United States suggest that at least 50,000 US military veterans have undiagnosed hepatitis C, and that around 80% of people with hepatitis C ... 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 ... 1% of US deaths related to viral hepatitis Michael Carter / 30 September 2013 Viral hepatitis was associated with approximately 1% of deaths in the US in 2010, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates. The burden of mortality associated with hepatitis B virus ... Number of patients diagnosed with HCV in England increased by a third between 2010 and 2012 Michael Carter / 25 July 2013 The UK is making progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a new report published by Public Health England (PHE) shows. Findings of Hepatitis C in the ... ← Prev1...23456Next → 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