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  • Scotland: Quality Indicators for Hepatitis C

    The quality indicators focus on prevention, testing and assessment, treatment and support, and service organisation related to hepatitis C infection. We will establish a process for reporting on the quality indicators using data from existing national databases.

    30 April 2012 | Health Care Improvement Scotland

  • Scripps Research Institute scientists find promising vaccine targets on hepatitis C virus

    A team led by scientists at the Scripps Research Institute has found antibodies that can prevent infection from widely differing strains of hepatitis C virus in cell culture and animal models.

    04 April 2012 | Eurekalert Medicine & Health

  • Clearing or Curing Acute HCV Does Not Protect Against Reinfection

    Getting rid of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection once—whether it is cleared by strong immune response during the initial months of infection or cured with treatment — does not protect HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) against reinfection with the virus, according to new data presented on Tuesday, March 6, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.

    27 March 2012 | AIDSMeds

  • US: HCV Testing, Diagnosis Being Overlooked in People With HIV

    Although hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common and serious coinfection among people living with HIV, it often goes undiagnosed, even in a major U.S. city with multiple HIV care providers and a clinic dedicated to caring for people with both infections. This is the finding of a Miami cohort study reported Tuesday, March 6, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.  

    27 March 2012 | AIDSMeds

  • Former Merck Unit Works on First Vaccine for Hepatitis C

    Okairos has begun a mid-stage study, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, of a gene-based vaccine designed to stimulate the body’s immune system to prevent hepatitis C from taking hold.

    22 March 2012 | Bloomberg Business Week

  • Treating HIV During Pregnancy Also Lowers Risk of Transmitting Hep C to Baby

    For women living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection, using antiretroviral (ARV) therapy during pregnancy may lower the risk of transmitting both viruses to their infants, according to encouraging new data presented Tuesday, March 6, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle.

    16 March 2012 | AIDSMeds

  • Hepatitis C Survival on Inanimate Objects

    We usually think of Hepatitis C as a virus that is passed from person to person. However, most infections occur via an intermediary, inanimate object. Thus, determining the length of time Hepatitis C can survive outside the body is crucial to prevent transmission of this virus.

    14 February 2012 | Hepatitis Central

  • More must be done to reduce hepatitis C transmission amongst HIV positive gay men

    The rate of HIV-positive gay men co-infected with hepatitis C in the UK is too high. It is crucial for this to be addressed as a strategic priority in gay men's health promotion. 

    30 January 2012 | NAT

  • Hepatitis C vaccine: Oxford researchers' trial 'promising'

    An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown "promising" results, according to researchers at Oxford University.

    04 January 2012 | BBC

  • Hep C deaths outpace HIV; new drugs, services for coinfected

    Deaths related to hepatitis C have outpaced those due to HIV/AIDS since 2007, researchers reported at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting earlier this month in San Francisco.

    23 November 2011 | Bay Area Reporter
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