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

HIV Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 355-361

  Ingiliz, P ^a   Krznaric, I ^a   Stellbrink, H J ^b   Knecht, G ^c   Lutz, T ^c   Noah, C ^d   Stocker, H ^e   Obermeier, M ^a   Dupke, S ^a   Boesecke, C ^f   Rockstroh, Jk ^f   Baumgarten, A ^a   Hoffmann, C ^b  

^a Medical Center for Infectious Diseases   (Germany)

^b Infektionsmedizinisches Centrum Hamburg   (Germany)

^c Infectious Diseases   (Germany)

^d Labor Lademannbogen   (Germany)

^e Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

HIV HCV coinfection; IL 28B; Reinfection; Spontaneous clearance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA; IL28B PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLADISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS SUBTYPE 1B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MONOTHERAPY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS CLEARANCE; SUSTAINED VIROLOGICAL RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRAL CLEARANCE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; REMISSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COINFECTION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902126267     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12127     Document Type: Article

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