Epidemiological trends in HCV transmission and prevalence in the Viennese HIV+ population.

Caroline Schmidbauer David ChromyVictor SchmidbauerDavid BauerMichael ApataDung NguyenMattias Mandorfer Benedikt SimbrunnerArmin RiegerFlorian MayerRalf SchmidtHeidemarie HolzmannMichael TraunerMichael Gschwantler Thomas Reiberger

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

Hepatitis C virus testing was successfully implemented in the Viennese HIV(+) patients. Anti-HCV(+) prevalence remained stable in HIV+ PWIDs but almost doubled in HIV+ MSM. De-novo HCV infection occurred mostly in MSM, while HCV reinfections were mainly observed in PWIDs. HCV treatment uptake was suboptimal with 42.8% remaining HCV-RNA(+) at FU.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv testing
men who have sex with men
antiretroviral therapy
hiv positive
hiv infected
risk factors
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
end stage renal disease
smoking cessation