• Sexual transmission of acute HCV is uncommon, but risk is accentuated in individuals who
engage in receptive anal sex.• In acute HCV infection, testing by polymerase chain reaction …

Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is usually transmitted via the parenteral route, but there
are widely discrepant findings on its possible sexual transmission. Thus there are no …

Epidemiology and treatment of sexually transmitted acute hep... : Current Opinion in HIV and
AIDS Epidemiology and treatment of sexually transmitted acute hepatitis C : Current Opinion in …

Background: Acute HCV infection in HIV-infected men-whohave-sex-with-men (MSM) is an
emerging world-wide epidemic. We have reported rapid fibrosis progression in these …

Acute hepatitis C infection is recognized in HIV‐infected men who have sex with men
(MSM), but the risk in HIV‐negative MSM remains unclear. We evaluated a population of …

Hepatitis C is a common infection worldwide, but acute infection is often asymptomatic and
difficult to diagnose. People coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C might progress to chronic …

Background A recent increase in reports of acute hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) in HIV-
infected and HIV-uninfected men who have sex with men (MSM), with the sole risk factor …

(Microsoft PowerPoint - Poster CROI 2009 [Kompatibilit\344tsmodus]) Page 1 Distribution of
HCV genotypes (nationwide Hep-Net cohort*, only HIV-neg. male subjects; n=125) 84 1 8 32 GT …

Since 2000 outbreaks of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) among HIV-positive men who have
sex with men (MSM) who denied injecting drug use have been reported from Europe, the …

In mid-2004, three Parisian hospital wards informed the Institut de veille sanitaire of recent
acute hepatitis C in HIV-infected (HIV+) men who had sex with men (MSM). These cases for …