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Alarming incidence of hepatitis C virus re-infection after treatment of sexually acquired acute hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected MSM.
AIDS (London, England) - 13 Nov 2011
Lambers Femke A E, Prins Maria, Thomas Xiomara, Molenkamp Richard, Kwa David, Brinkman Kees, van der Meer Jan T M, Schinkel Janke
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent data indicate that seroprevalence of sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among MSM is stabilizing in Amsterdam. However, little is known about the incidence of HCV re-infection in MSM who have cleared their HCV infection. We, therefore, studied the incidence of re-infection in HIV-infected MSM who were HCV RNA-negative following HCV treatment of acute primary infection....
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