SynthesisInternational journal of STD & AIDS2017
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV+ men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sexually transmitted hepatitis C virus infections: current trends, and recent advances in understanding the spread in men who have sex with men.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
- Spontaneous viral clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) and HIV-positive men who have sex with men (HIV+ MSM): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2016Pooled it
- Prevalence and Phylogenetic Characterization of Hepatitis C Virus Among Indian Men Who Have Sex With Men: Limited Evidence for Sexual Transmission.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Trial
- Impact of Hepatitis C Virus Co-infection on Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes in Adults Living with HIV - China, 2002-2023.China CDC weekly · 2026Article
- Can Support for Homosexuality Reduce the Prevalence of Mental Health Problems among LGBTQIranian journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
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- Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Injection drug use and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men: A retrospective cohort study at an HIV/AIDS referral hospital in Tokyo, 2013-2022.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Incidence and Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men Using HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Low incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C in two cohorts of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence interventions in men who have sex with men in Southern California.Journal of viral hepatitis · 2022Article
- Prevalence of HIV infection among non-elderly individuals with hepatitis C in Japan: a population-based cohort study using a health insurance claim data.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- The hepatitis C epidemic in Canada: An overview of recent trends in surveillance, injection drug use, harm reduction and treatment.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2021Article
- Non-epidemic HCV genotypes in low- and middle-income countries and the risk of resistance to current direct-acting antiviral regimens.Journal of hepatology · 2021Review
- Hepatitis C Virus Incidence in a Cohort in Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in New York City.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Observational
- Review on the molecular epidemiology of sexually acquired hepatitis C virus infection in the Asia-Pacific region.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2020Review
- Syndecan 4 Upregulation on Activated Langerhans Cells Counteracts Langerin Restriction to Facilitate Hepatitis C Virus Transmission.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Article
- Canadian results from the European Men-who-have-sex-with-men Internet survey (EMIS-2017).Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2019Article
- Survival of HIV/HCV co-infected patients before introduction of HCV direct acting antivirals (DAA).Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Prevalence of hepatitis C infection, screening and associated factors among men who have sex with men attending gay venues: a cross-sectional survey (PREVAGAY), France, 2015.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- The seroprevalence of untreated chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and associated risk factors in male Irish prisoners: a cross-sectional study, 2017.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2019Article
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Abstract
Since 2000, an increase in hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected (HIV+) men who have sex with men has been observed. Evidence points to blood exposure during sex as the medium of hepatitis C virus transmission. Hepatitis C virus prevalence among HIV + MSM overall and in relation to injection drug use is poorly characterized. In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis examining global hepatitis C virus antibody prevalence and estimating active hepatitis C virus prevalence among HIV + MSM were conducted; 42 reports provided anti-hepatitis C virus prevalence data among HIV + MSM. Pooled prevalence produced an overall anti-hepatitis C virus prevalence among HIV + MSM of 8.1%; active HCV prevalence estimate was 5.3%-7.3%. Anti-hepatitis C virus prevalence among injection drug use and non-injection drug use HIV + MSM was 40.0% and 6.7%, respectively. Among HIV + MSM, hepatitis C virus prevalence increased significantly over time among the overall and non-injection drug use groups, and decreased significantly among injection drug use HIV + MSM. We identified a moderate prevalence of hepatitis C virus among all HIV + MSM and among non-injection drug use HIV + MSM; for both, prevalence was observed to be increasing slightly. Pooled prevalence of hepatitis C virus among HIV + MSM was higher than that observed in the 1945-1965 US birth cohort. The modest but rising hepatitis C virus prevalence among HIV + MSM suggests an opportunity to control HCV among HIV + MSM; this combined with data demonstrating a rising hepatitis C virus incidence highlights the temporal urgency to do so.
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