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Sexually transmitted acute infection with a clustered genotype 4 hepatitis C virus in HIV-1-infected men and inefficacy of early antiviral therapy.
AIDS (London, England) - 9 Jan 2006
Serpaggi Jeanne, Chaix Marie-Laure, Batisse Dominique, Dupont Caroline, Vallet-Pichard Anaïs, Fontaine Hélène, Viard Jean-Paul, Piketty Christophe, Rouveix Elisabeth, Rouzioux Christine, Weiss Laurence, Pol Stanislas
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies have suggested an increased risk of acute hepatitis C (HCV) infection in homosexual HIV-infected men and that early treatment with standard or pegylated interferon-alfa, alone or associated with ribavirin, significantly reduces the risk of chronic evolution in HIV-infected patients. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 12 HIV-infected patients who were consecutively diagnosed as...
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