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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2019

Changing Trends in International Versus Domestic HCV Transmission in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Perspective for the Direct-Acting Antiviral Scale-Up Era.

Luisa Salazar-Vizcaya, Roger D Kouyos, Karin J Metzner, Kamila Caraballo Cortes, Jürg Böni, Cyril Shah, Jan Fehr, Dominique L Braun, Enos Bernasconi, Herbert A Mbunkah and 8 more

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Luisa Salazar-VizcayaDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Roger D KouyosDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Karin J MetznerDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Kamila Caraballo CortesDepartment of Immunopathology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland.
Jürg BöniInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Cyril ShahInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Jan FehrDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Dominique L BraunDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Enos BernasconiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Lugano Regional Hospital, Switzerland.
Herbert A MbunkahDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Matthias HoffmannDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St Gallen, Switzerland.
Niklaus LabhardtDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
Matthias CavassiniInfectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mathieu RougemontDivision of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland.
Huldrych F GünthardDivision of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
Olivia KeiserInstitute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Andri RauchDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Swiss HIV Cohort Study

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Abstract

backgroundScale-up of direct-acting antiviral therapy is expected to abate hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). International transmission could influence this process. We classified HCV infections in HIV-positive MSM as either domestically or internationally acquired, and estimated how this classification changed over time.

methodsHCV subtype 1a (the most frequent subtype among MSM) genomes from 99 persons enrolled in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study and diagnosed with replicating HCV infections, were sequenced. Sixty-six of these sequences were from MSM. We inferred maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees and time trees containing a fragment of the NS5B region of these and 374 circulating strains. We inferred transmission clusters from these trees and used the country composition of such clusters to attribute infections to domestic or international transmission.

resultsOf HCV transmissions, 50% to 80% were classified as domestic depending on the classification criterion. Between 2000 and 2007, the fraction attributable to domestic transmission was 54% (range 0-75%). It increased to 85% (range 67%-100%) between 2008 and 2016.

conclusionsInternational and domestic transmission have played major roles in this epidemic. While international transmission persists, local transmission has established as the main source of infections.

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AdultAntiviral AgentsCoinfectionEpidemicsHepacivirusHepatitis CHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHomosexuality, MaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRisk FactorsAntiviral Agentsdirect-acting antiviralshepatitis C virusHIVmen who have sex with mentransmission

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