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General/Miscellaneous Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among hemodialysis patients in the Middle-East: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ashkani-Esfahani S, Alavian SM, Salehi-Marzijarani M.
World J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jan 7;23(1):151-166.
Abstract

Challenges in Special Populations: HIV/HCV Coinfection, Liver Transplantation and Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.
Bonacci M, Lens S, Mariño Z, Forns X.
Dig Dis. 2016;34(4):317-26. .
Abstract

HIV, hepatitis C and HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infection in vulnerable populations.
Backus LI, Boothroyd D, Deyton LR.  
AIDS.
2005 Oct;19 Suppl 3:S13-9.

Abstract

 

Hemophiliacs
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
High number of CD56bright NK-cells and persistently low CD4+ T-cells in a hemophiliac HIV/HCV co-infected patient without opportunistic infections.
Fregni G, Maresca AF, Jalbert V,  et al

Virol J
. 2013 Jan 26;10(1):33.

Abstract

HCV/HIV co-infection in hemophiliacs: high rates of sustained virological response to pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy.
Mancuso ME, Rumi MG, Aghemo A, et al
J Thromb Haemost
. 2009 Oct 3.
Abstract

 

Women
Pregnant Women/Neonates

    Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HCV screening in a cohort of HIV infected and uninfected homeless and marginally housed women in San Francisco, California.
Page K, Yu M, Cohen J, Evans J, et al
BMC Public Health. 2017 Feb 7;17(1):171.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HCV co-infection and markers of liver injury and fibrosis among HIV-positive childbearing women in Ukraine: results from a cohort study.
Bailey H, Nizova N, Martsynovska V, et al
BMC Infect Dis
. 2016 Dec 12;16(1):755.
Paper

Impact of Hepatitis C Virus on the Circulating Levels of IL-7 in HIV-1 Coinfected Women.
Kerzerho J, McIlvaine EJ, Anthony P, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2016 Feb 1;71(2):172-80.
Abstract

Enhanced liver fibrosis marker as a non-invasive predictor of mortality in HIV/HCV-coinfected women from the women's Interagency HIV study.
Peters MG, Bacchetti P, Boylan R, et al
AIDS
. 2015 Nov 20
Abstract

Association of IFNL3 and IFNL4 polymorphisms with liver-related mortality in a multiracial cohort of HIV/HCV-coinfected women.
Sarkar M, Aouzierat B, Bacchetti P,  et al
J Viral Hepat. 2015 Jun 26.
Abstract 

Structural Bone Deficits in HIV/HCV-Coinfected, HCV-Monoinfected, and HIV-Monoinfected Women.
Lo Re V 3rd, Lynn K, Stumm ER, et al
J Infect Dis
. 2015 Mar 9.
Abstract 

Effect of Aging, Glucose Level, and HIV Viral Load on Response to Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Plus Ribavirin in HIV/HCV Co-Infected Women.
Nasta P, Maida I, Cattelan AM, et al
J Womens Health (
Larchmt)
. 2015 Feb;24(2):159-64
Abstract 

Association of Chronic Hepatitis C Infection With T-Cell Phenotypes in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Women.
Kuniholm MH, Xie X, Anastos K, Kaplan RC, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Nov 1;67(3):295-303.
Abstract 

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Select Neurocognitive Impairment in HIV-Infected Women: Associations with HIV Viral Load, Hepatitis C Virus, and Depression, but Not Leukocyte Telomere Length.
Giesbrecht CJ, Thornton AE, Hall-Patch C, et al

PLoS One
. 2014 Mar 4;9(3):e89556.
Paper

Epidemiological distribution and genotype characterization of hepatitis C virus and HIV co-infection in Wuhan, China, where the prevalence of HIV is low.
Zhao R, Peng J, Tang L,  et al
J Med Virol. 2013 Jul 19.
Abstract 

Lower liver-related death in African American Women with HIV/HCV co-infection compared to caucasian and hispanic women.
Sarkar M, Bacchetti P, French AL,  et al
Hepatology
. 2012 May 22.
Abstract 

Effects of hepatitis C and HIV on cognition in women: Data from the Women's Interagency HIV Study.
Crystal H, Kleyman I, Anastos K,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2011 Nov 20
Abstract 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
HCV viremia affects immune phenotypes in elite controllers of HIV infection: a Women's Interagency  HIV Study (WIHS)
S. Desai, A. Landay, M. Glesby, et al

(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Alcoholics
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Substance abuse treatment and receipt of liver specialty care among persons coinfected with HIV/HCV who have alcohol problems.
Palepu A, Cheng DM, Kim T, et al
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2006 Dec;31(4):411-7.
Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infections in alcoholics.
Prakash O, Mason A, Luftig RB, Bautista AP.
Front Biosci 2002 Jul 1;7:E286-300
Abstract

 

Drug Users
IDUs

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries|
 
 
Perceived health and alcohol use in individuals with HIV and Hepatitis C who use drugs.
Elliott JC, Hasin DS, Des Jarlais DC.
Addict Behav
. 2017 Mar 10;72:21-26.
Abstract

High prevalence of willingness to use direct-acting antiviral-based regimens for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV/HCV coinfected people who use drugs.
Socías ME, Ti L, Dong H, Shoveller J,  et al
HIV Med. 2017 Mar 13.
Abstract

Continued Substance Use Among People Living With HIV-Hepatitis-C Co-Infection and Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy.
Kalichman SC, Washington C, Kegler C, et al
Subst Use Misuse
. 2015 Nov 19:1-8
Abstract

Cost-effectiveness of rapid HCV testing and simultaneous rapid HCV and HIV testing in substance abuse treatment programs.
Schackman BR, Leff JA, Barter DM, et al
Addiction. 2014 Oct 8.
Abstract

A review of pharmacological interactions between HIV or hepatitis C virus medications and opioid agonist therapy: implications and management for clinical practice.
Bruce RD, Moody DE, Altice FL,  et al
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2013 May;6(3):249-69.
Abstract

Estimated Liver Fibrosis and its Impact on All-Cause Mortality of HCV-Monoinfected and HCV/HIV-Coinfected Drug Users.
Sanvisens A, Fuster D, Serra I, et al
Curr HIV Res. 2011 Jun 15.
Abstract

Potential role of safer injection facilities in reducing HIV and Hepatitis C infections and overdose mortality in the United States.
Semaan S, Fleming P, Worrell C,  et al
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2011 Apr 22
Abstract

Factors associated with liver fibrosis in intravenous drug users coinfected with HIV and HCV.
Cartón JA, Collazos J, de la Fuente B,  et al
Antivir Ther. 2011;16(1):27-35.
Abstract

Interventions for HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Infections in Recreational Drug Users.
Khalsa JH, Elkashef A.
Clin Infect Di
s
. 2010 Apr 23.
Abstract

 

Homeless
 

   Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HCV screening in a cohort of HIV infected and uninfected homeless and marginally housed women in San Francisco, California.
Page K, Yu M, Cohen J, Evans J, et al  
BMC Public Health
. 2017 Feb 7;17(1):171.
Paper

Provider assessment of eligibility for hepatitis C treatment in HIV-infected homeless and
marginally housed persons.
Thompson VV, Ragland KE, Hall CS,
AIDS. 2005 Oct;19 Suppl 3:S208-S214.
Abstract
 

Antiretroviral Therapy, Hepatitis C Virus, and AIDS Mortality Among San Francisco's Homeless and Marginally Housed.
Riley ED, Bangsberg DR, et al  
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Feb 1;38(2):191-195

Abstract
 

Veterans
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
The Effect of HIV Viral Control on the Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Veterans with Hepatitis C and HIV CoinfectionKramer JR, Kowalkowski MA, Duan Z, Chiao EY.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Dec 31.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Predictors of Mortality among United States Veterans with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection.
Erqou S, Mohanty A, Murtaza Kasi P, Butt AA.
ISRN Gastroenterol. 2014 Apr 7;2014:764540
Paper

A Comparison of Treatment Eligibility for HCV in HCV Monoinfected vs. HCV/HIV Coinfected Persons in ERCHIVES (Electronically Retrieved Cohort of HCV Infected Veterans).
Butt AA, McGinnis K, Skanderson M, Justice A.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
. 2011 Feb 22
Abstract

 

MSM
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Eliminating hepatitis C virus as a public health threat among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a multi-modelling approach to understand differences in sexual risk behaviour.
Scott N, Stoové M, Wilson DP, et al
 Int AIDS Soc
. 2018 Jan;21(1).
Paper

On the potential of a short-term intensive intervention to interrupt HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a mathematical modelling study.
Salazar-Vizcaya L, Kouyos RD, et a
l
J Viral Hepat
. 2017 Jul 7.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men
Newsum AM, Schinkel J, van de Laar TJW,  et al

Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2017 Jun 16;4(2):ofx090.
Paper

Development and validation of the HCV-MOSAIC risk score to assist testing for acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM).
Newsum AM, Stolte IG, van der Meer JT,  et al
Euro Surveill. 2017 May 25;22(21
Abstract

HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at high risk of development of significant liver fibrosis after an episode of acute hepatitis C.
Steininger K, Boyd A, Dupke S,  et al
J Viral Hepat. 2017 Apr 25.
Abstract

Lack of decline in Hepatitis C Virus incidence among HIV-positive men who have sex with men during 1990-2014.
Van Santen DK, Van Der Helm JJ, Del Amo J,  et al
J Hepatol. 2017 Apr 12.
Abstract

Telaprevir-containing triple therapy in acute HCV coinfection: The CHAT Study.
Boesecke C, Singh GK, Scholten SH,  et al
Antivir Ther
. 2017 Feb 27.
Abstract

The hepatitis C virus NS3 Q80K polymorphism is frequently detected and transmitted among HIV-infected MSM in the Netherlands.
Newsum AM, Ho CK, Lieveld FI,  et al

 
AIDS. 2016 Sep 20
Abstract

HCV reinfection incidence and spontaneous clearance rates in HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Western Europe.
Ingiliz P, Martin TC, Rodger A, et al
J Hepatol. 2016 Sep 17.
Abstract

Modelling the impact of deferring HCV treatment on liver-related complications in HIV coinfected men who have sex with men.
Zahnd C, Salazar-Vizcaya L, Dufour JF, et al
 
J Hepatol
. 2016 Feb 24. pii: S0168-8278(16)00164-1.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence and High Incidence of Coinfection with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis and Low Rate of Effective Vaccination against Hepatitis B in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with Known Date of HIV Seroconversion in Germany.
Jansen K, Thamm M, Bock CT, et al
 
PLoS One
. 2015 Nov 10;10(11):e0142515
Paper

Risk Factors for Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Case-Control Study.
Vanhommerig JW, Lambers FA, Schinkel J, Geskus RB,  et al
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 6;2(3):ofv115
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Diverse origins of hepatitis C virus in HIV co-infected men who have sex with men in Hong Kong.
Chan DP, Lin AW, Wong KH, et al 
Virol J
. 2015 Aug 8;12(1):120.
Paper

Factors Associated With Hepatitis C Infection Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men With No Reported Injection Drug Use in New York City, 2000-2010.
Breskin A, Drobnik A, Pathela P, et al

Sex Transm Di
s
. 2015 Jul;42(7):382-386.
Abstract

Evaluation of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen assay for routine HCV screening among men who have sex with men infected with HIV.
Vanhommerig JW, van de Laar TJ, Koot M, van Rooijen MS,  et al
Virol Methods. 2014 Dec 18;213C:147-150
Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibody Dynamics following Acute HCV Infection and Reinfection among HIV-Infected Men who have Sex with Men.
Vanhommerig JW, Thomas XV, van der Meer JT, et al
Clin Infect Dis
. 2014 Sep 3.
Abstract

Higher Risk of Incident HCV-Coinfections in MSM with a Wide HIV Transmission Bottleneck.
Kouyos RD, Rauch A, Braun DL,  et al
J Infect Dis
. 2014 Jun 18.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hagan H, Neurer J, Jordan AE, Des Jarlais DC, et al

Syst Rev
. 2014 Mar 26;3:31.
Paper

Multiple hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfections in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: no influence of HCV genotype switch or interleukin-28B genotype on spontaneous clearance.
Ingiliz P, Krznaric I, Stellbrink HJ, et al

HIV Med
. 2014 Feb 24.
Abstract

Incidence and risk factors for incident hepatitis C infection among men who have sex with men with HIV-1 infection in a large urban HIV clinic in Tokyo.
Nishijima T, Shimbo T, Komatsu H, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2013 Oct 31
Abstract

When 'raw sex' turns to a 'raw deal' … taking the opportunity to think about sex? Interviews with HIV-positive gay men diagnosed with acute hepatitis C.
Le Talec JY.
Cult Health Sex. 2013 Jul 18.
Abstract

HCV reinfection incidence and treatment outcome among HIV-positive MSM in London.
Martin TC, Martin NK, Hickman M,  et al

AIDS
. 2013 Jun 3.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Identify Themselves as Belonging to Subcultures Are at Increased Risk for Hepatitis C Infection.
Matser A, Vanhommerig J, Schim van der Loeff MF, Geskus RB,  et al

PLoS One
. 2013;8(3):e57740.I

Paper

Prevalent and Incident Hepatitis C Virus Infection among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men Engaged in Primary Care in a Boston Community Health Center.
Garg S, Taylor LE, Grasso C, Mayer KH.

Clin Infect Dis
. 2013 Feb 5.
Abstract

Ménage à trois: increased prevalence of syphilis infection in HIV-positive MSM with acute hepatitis C.
Krznaric I, Ingiliz P, Wienbreyer A, et al
J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18417
Abstract

Incidence of acute hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men with and without HIV infection: a systematic review
Yaphe S, Bozinoff N, Kyle R, Shivkumar S,  et al

Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Aug 3.
Abstract

Cost-Effective Screening for Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Linas BP, Wong AY, Schackman BR,  et al

Clin Infect Dis
. 2012 Apr 4.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gaining Greater Insight into HCV Emergence in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men:
The HEPAIG Study.
Larsen C, Chaix ML, Le Strat Y,  et al
PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e29322
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Trouble with Bleeding: Risk Factors for Acute Hepatitis C among HIV-Positive Gay Men from Germany—A Case-Control Study.
Schmidt AJ, Rockstroh JK, Vogel M, , et al.
PLoS ONE
 20116(3): e17781.
Paper

Do rates of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-positive MSM present a risk for hepatitis C transmission?
Stall R, Wei C, Raymond HF, McFarland W.
Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Jun 8.
Abstract

Treatment of acute hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected MSM: the effect of treatment duration
Lambers FA, Brinkman K, Schinkel J,  et al
AIDS
. 2011 Apr 21
Abstract

The Hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: incidence estimates from 1990 to 2007.
van der Helm JJ, Prins M, Del Amo J,  et al
AIDS
. 2011 Apr 18.
Abstract

 
 

Prisoners
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  Re-infection of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV/HCV co-infected inmates of correctional institutions, Canada.
Farley J, Truong A, Horvath G,  et al
J Int AIDS Soc
. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18422.
Abstract

Incarceration as a Risk Factor for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Co-infection in Mississippi.
Burton MJ, Reilly KH, Penman A.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
. 2010;21(4):1194-202.

Abstract

 

Older Persons
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

  Brief Report: High Need to Switch cART or Comedication With the Initiation of DAAs in Elderly HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients.
Smolders EJ, Smit C, T M M de Kanter C,  et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Oct 1;76(2):193-199.
Abstract
 

 


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