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Opiate users on methadone maintenance therapy can be successfully treated for chronic hepatitis C and can achieve outcomes similar to those of people not on methadone, according to data presented at the ...

Up to 83% of individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus achieved a sustained virological response after receiving the investigational drug BMS-790052 in combination with pegylated interferon and ribavirin, results of a study presented ...

Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day reduced the incidence of self-reported side-effects by more than 80% compared to non-coffee drinkers in people co-infected with hepatitis C and HIV who were taking ...

Infection with hepatitis delta virus is associated with an increased risk of death for HIV-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, European research published in the online edition of AIDS shows. “In ...

Approximately 9% of hepatitis C infections in HIV-positive individuals are missed by some rapid hepatitis C testing assays, US investigators report in the September 15th edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Three ...

Infection with hepatitis E virus should be considered as a possible cause of unexplained elevations in liver enzymes in HIV-positive patients, Swiss investigators suggest in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Approximately 3% of their patients with ...

People with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b respond better to boceprevir and are less likely to develop drug resistance than those with genotype 1a, according to study findings reported ...

The inclusion of lamivudine (3TC) in antiretroviral therapy had few additional benefits for South African HIV-positive patients co-infected with hepatitis B, South African investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...

Specially trained primary care providers can offer effective and safe treatment for hepatitis C infection, US investigators report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Rates of sustained virological response were the ...

Coffee drinking is associated with improved responses to hepatitis C therapy, US investigators report in Gastroenterology. After adjustment for other factors, drinking three or more cups of coffee per day increased the chances of ...