Title
Short report: Lack of evidence of hepatitis C and HIV co-infection among men who have sex with men in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2009
Access level
open access
Resource Type
Journal
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection occurs among human immunodeficiency virus (HlV)-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) because of shared routes of transmission. To assess the association between HCV and HIV infection among MSM in Peru, we conducted a matched case-control study (162 HIV-positive cases and 324 HIV-negative controls) among participants of an HIV sentinel surveillance survey in six urban cities. The HCV infection was initially screened using anti-HCV ELISA and immunoblot assay, and thereafter confirmed by the HCV RNA qualitative assay. Among cases, no confirmed HCV infection was found while among controls, only two confirmed HCV infections were reported (0.62%). This matched case-control reports a very low probability of association between HCV and HIV coinfection and suggests a very low prevalence of HCV infection among MSM in Peru.
Start page
184
End page
186
Volume
81
Issue
1
Handle or URL
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-67650287674
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Resource of which it is part
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Source funding
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
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