scholarly journals Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection Increases Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era: Data from the HIV Atlanta VA Cohort Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1507-1513 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. B. Anderson ◽  
J. L. Guest ◽  
D. Rimland
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Highly Active

scholarly journals Characteristics of Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-Infected People

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis L Cooper ◽  
Andrew D Badley ◽  
Jonathan B Angel
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Interferon Alpha ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
Infected People ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Interferon Alpha Therapy ◽  
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Knowledge pertaining to hepatitis C virus (HCV)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is currently incomplete or conflicting. Several points are well studied, however. Plasma HCV RNA levels are higher in matched HIV-infected people than in HIV-seronegative control subjects and are inversely correlated with CD4+T lymphocyte counts. HCV genotype does not appear to influence this value. Co-infected individuals develop histological and clinical features of HCV liver disease more rapidly than HIV-seronegative patients. Co-infected individuals appear to respond to interferon-alpha therapy equally as well as HIV-seronegative HCV-infected adults, but minimal information exists regarding the efficacy and toxicity of combination HCV therapy (interferon-alpha plus ribavirin) in this population. Adverse consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy in co-infected patients include hepatic toxicity and, in a minority of patients, an 'immune restoration syndrome'. It is unclear whether long term, highly active antiretroviral therapy positively or negatively influences the natural history of HCV infection.

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