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High serum HCV RNA in chronic hepatitis C patients coinfected with HIV despite successful antiretroviral therapy.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2016
Barreiro Pablo, Labarga Pablo, de Mendoza Carmen, Benítez-Gutiérrez Laura, Fernandez-Montero José V, Peña José M, Soriano Vicente
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BACKGROUND: Baseline serum HCV RNA predicts treatment success in chronic hepatitis C patients. Thresholds at 0.8, 2, 4 and 6 million IU/ml discriminate treatment outcomes using distinct antiviral regimens. Compared to the general population, immunosuppressed individuals exhibit greater viral load values. This has been confirmed in HIV-HCV-coinfected patients, although little is known about the influence of...
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