Hepatitis C transmission and prevention

Hepatitis C transmission and prevention features

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  Staying free of hepatitis C

  It's still not clear exactly how HIV-positive gay men are contracting hepatitis C through sex. Until we know with certainty, Derek Thaczuk asks, how can we avoid co-infection?...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  The new epidemic: HIV and hepatitis C infection in gay men

  “I’m surprised there isn’t a greater sense of urgency about this in the community.” Those were the words of Dr Kevin Fenton of the US Centers for...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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  Double trouble – how hepatitis C is on the increase in HIV-positive gay men

  Studies at CROI showed how hepatitis C is gaining ground, says Gus Cairns. ...

  From:  HIV treatment update

Hepatitis C transmission and prevention in your own words

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  Bored and horny

  It’s Sunday afternoon and it’s raining. I’m bored and horny. However, I’ve got £20 left over from the night before and this will be enough...

  From: In your own words

Hepatitis C transmission and prevention news from aidsmap

• Elevated prevalence of HIV and viral hepatitis in men injecting anabolic steroids

  Addressing a topic that has received remarkably little research attention over the years, Dr Vivian Hope of Public Health England told the British HIV Association conference yesterday that injection of image- and performance-enhancing drugs is rising in England and ...

  18 April 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Hepatitis C epidemic in US gay men is decades old

  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmissions have been occurring in gay men since at least the early years of the HIV epidemic, investigators from the US report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. The vast majority of ...

  10 April 2013 | Michael Carter

• Sexual transmission of hepatitis C very rare in monogamous heterosexual couples

  Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among monogamous heterosexual couples is extremely rare, investigators from the United States report in Hepatology. The maximum incidence of sexual transmission was just 0.07% per year, equivalent to just one transmission per 190,000 ...

  26 March 2013 | Michael Carter

• More evidence of sexual transmission of hepatitis C among HIV-positive gay men in the US

  Investigators in the US have found a high incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV-positive gay men. Annual incidence was 1.6% – the highest ever seen in research involving HIV-positive gay men in the United States – ...

  14 February 2013 | Michael Carter

• Sharing drug preparation equipment a potential source of hepatitis C transmission

  Drug users who share injecting equipment such as water, filters and water containers are potentially putting themselves at risk of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to German research published in the online edition of the Journal of Infectious ...

  27 November 2012 | Michael Carter

• Massive increase of hepatitis C incidence in HIV-positive gay men in Switzerland

  Incidence of hepatitis C virus infections has increased eighteen fold in HIV-positive gay men in Switzerland since 1998, investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Half of all infections in gay men occurred between 2008 and ...

  30 August 2012 | Michael Carter

• International AIDS Conference hears how drugs, sex and HIV interlock

  Two sessions at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington looked at the way injecting drug use, recreational drug use and unsafe sex interlock to multiply HIV risk, and how new outbreaks of injecting drug use ...

  25 July 2012 | Gus Cairns

• Gay and bisexual men who inject drugs more likely to have HIV than other men who inject drugs

  HIV prevalence is four times higher in gay and bisexual men who inject drugs, compared to heterosexual, male, injecting drug users, UK investigators report in Sexually Transmitted Infections. The study also showed that prevalence of infection with the hepatitis ...

  30 May 2012 | Michael Carter

• Incidence of hepatitis C re-infection and clearance may be understimated

  The incidence of hepatitis C re-infection among high-risk individuals who have spontaneously cleared the infection may be higher than previously assumed, a modelling study published in the May 1st edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases suggests. The study ...

  26 April 2012 | Michael Carter

• Hepatitis C infection now twice as common in HIV+ gay men as injecting drug users, Swiss study finds

  Twice as many HIV-positive gay men are now being infected with hepatitis C as HIV-positive injecting drug users, a Swiss study presented to the 19th Retrovirus Conference has found.New hepatitis C infections in gay men with ...

  06 April 2012 | Gus Cairns

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Hepatitis C transmission and prevention news selected from other sources

• As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

  Scotland is ignoring conventional wisdom and making a bold push to control a virus that may be one of the biggest ticking time bombs in medicine.

  17 May 2013 | Wall Street Journal

• Viral Hepatitis. Are You At Risk?

  Take this 5 minute Hepatitis Risk Assessment developed by the CDC and get a personalized report.

  15 May 2013 | US CDC

• HIV warning over illegal tattooists

  Illegal unlicensed tattoo parlours are putting customers at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis, council bosses warn.

  28 April 2013 | BBC Health

• BC Hepatitis Research Gets $1.5 Million For AIDS-Style Research

  The plan to wipe out HIV infection by British Columbia health experts was so successful, they're trying to replicate the idea for the treatment of viral hepatitis.

  29 March 2013 | Huffington Post Canada

• The New Deal: Gay Men, Sex, and Hep C

  A new website has been launched, in order to provide gay men with information about sexual transmission of hepatitis C and how to prevent it; testing for and treatment of hepatitis C; and information about HIV and hepatitis C co-infection.

  21 March 2013 | AFAO

• NY aims to prevent unsafe injections

  The Safe Injection Practices Coalition, a group of healthcare-related organizations including the CDC indicated since 2001, more than 150,000 patients in the U.S. were told they may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus because providers followed unsafe injection procedures.

  12 March 2013 | UPI.com

• England: lack of planning for hepatitis C services risks future chaos and huge healthcare costs

  New report finds that local authorities and NHS organisations need to prioritise hepatitis C now or risk missing a rare opportunity.

  11 March 2013 | Hepatitis C Trust press release

• Republic of Georgia plagued by hepatitis C

  Official statistics place the number of those infected with the illness at 200,000, which is approximately 6.7 percent of Georgia’s population.

  20 February 2013 | Vaccine News Daily

• Scotland: Project launched to tackle spread of Hepatitis C

  It is hoped that by giving early treatment to small numbers of people who inject drugs and are infected with hepatitis C, it will prevent the need to treat larger numbers later, reducing the risk of addicts suffering from liver cirrhosis and cancer which can develop over time if hepatitis C remains untreated.

  20 February 2013 | The Scotsman

• Study: One-third of hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan are preventable

  Approximately one-third of all hepatitis B and C cases in Pakistan could be prevented by interventions directed towards a few modifiable risk factors, according to a recent study.

  14 February 2013 | Vaccine News Daily (blog)

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