Rates and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in persons with hepatitis C virus infection.

Adeel Ajwad ButtPeng Yan

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2020)

Testing rates among persons with HCV are very low. Persons with infection are more likely to be Black, have a higher body mass index and diabetes or stroke. The degree of liver fibrosis does not appear to have an impact on infection rate.

Keyphrases

liver fibrosis
hepatitis c virus infection
type diabetes
hepatitis c virus
cardiovascular disease
human immunodeficiency virus
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
brain injury
blood brain barrier
antiretroviral therapy
subarachnoid hemorrhage