Fewer than one in eight gay or bisexual men with HIV spontaneously cleared a recent infection with hepatitis C, a large European study of recent hepatitis C infections has found. The study investigators say that if hepatitis C virus levels don’t decline within a month of diagnosis in gay or bisexual men at high risk of recent acquisition of hepatitis C, direct-acting antiviral treatment should be offered – and in some cases, doctors should not wait, but should offer treatment upon diagnosis.
The findings, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, come from the PROBE-C study, an observational cohort study of recent hepatitis infections in people with HIV in western Europe. The study was designed to evaluate the rate of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C in people with HIV and responses to treatment for hepatitis C initiated during acute infection.
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