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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017

Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men.

Astrid M Newsum, Janke Schinkel, Thijs J W van de Laar, Jan T M van der Meer, Maria Prins

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Modeling Combination Hepatitis C Virus Treatment and Prevention Strategies in a Network of People Who Inject Drugs in the United States.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Astrid M NewsumDepartment of Infectious Diseases Research and Prevention, Public Health Service of Amsterdam.
Janke SchinkelDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Section of Clinical Virology, Academic Medical Center, and.
Thijs J W van de LaarDepartment of Blood-Borne Infections, Division of Research, Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan T M van der MeerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), and.
Maria PrinsDepartment of Infectious Diseases Research and Prevention, Public Health Service of Amsterdam.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We assessed spontaneous clearance in 27 human immunodeficiency virus-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) who seroconverted for hepatitis C virus (HCV). In contrast with a recent estimate of 45.8%, we found a spontaneous clearance rate of 11.1% (95% confidence interval = 2.4-29.2). This finding suggests that treatment deferral to await spontaneous clearance might not be justified for MSM with sexually acquired HCV.

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hepatitis C virusmen who have sex with men (MSM)spontaneous clearance.

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PMID28638847
PMCPMC5473437

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