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 Widespread PrEP use is not leading to more hepatitis C transmission among gay and bisexual men Keith Alcorn / 03 August 2022 The incidence of hepatitis C infection is now four times lower in gay and bisexual PrEP users than it was before direct-acting antivirals for the treatment of hepatitis C became ... Hepatitis C testing in gay and bisexual men with HIV below target, US study finds Keith Alcorn / 27 April 2021 Testing for hepatitis C among gay and bisexual men with HIV who are at higher risk of acquiring hepatitis C is falling short of recommendations, a study of a large US cohort ... Hepatitis C elimination in France feasible if new infections in gay and bisexual men decline Keith Alcorn / 27 January 2021 Hepatitis C is becoming more concentrated in gay and bisexual men with HIV in France as direct-acting antiviral treatment cures the infection in other people with HIV while hepatitis C transmission between ... Condomless sex sufficient to pass on hepatitis C between men Keith Alcorn / 24 August 2020 Hepatitis C transmission during anal sex can take place without bleeding, trauma or sharing of injecting equipment and exposure to semen is likely to be enough for the virus to ... Hepatitis C spreading rapidly among HIV-positive MSM in Thailand and chemsex is a key risk factor Michael Carter / 27 April 2020 Hepatitis C is spreading rapidly among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Bangkok and is associated with use of crystal methamphetamine, research presented to the recent Conference ... Hepatitis C spreading through same networks and practices in HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in England Keith Alcorn / 09 April 2020 Gay and bisexual men who acquire hepatitis C infection while using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention are part of the same sexual networks and have the same risk factors as HIV-positive ... Hepatitis C screening among PrEP users could eliminate hepatitis C infections in gay men in UK Keith Alcorn / 13 January 2020 Increasing the frequency of hepatitis C screening in gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the United Kingdom has the potential to reduce new hepatitis C infections in ... Hepatitis C incidence is low among Canadian men on PrEP Liz Highleyman / 18 November 2019 New cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among Canadian gay and bisexual men taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) were uncommon compared with rates previously reported in Europe, according to research ... 13% of HIV-positive Europeans who are cured of hepatitis C are reinfected Liz Highleyman / 05 August 2019 More than one in ten HIV-positive people in the large EuroSIDA cohort who were cured of hepatitis C were reinfected within two years, according to a report last month at ... Hepatitis C more stigmatising than HIV: gay men’s attitudes towards hepatitis C reinfection Anon / 13 June 2019 Qualitative research with HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in Australia who had been cured of hepatitis C infection revealed that having hepatitis C was more stigmatising than HIV infection. While being a member ... ← First123...4Next → 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