Understanding and Addressing Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Martin, Thomas C S; Rauch, Andri; Salazar Vizcaya, Luisa Paola; Martin, Natasha K (2018). Understanding and Addressing Hepatitis C Virus Reinfection Among Men Who Have Sex with Men. Infectious disease clinics of North America, 32(2), pp. 395-405. Elsevier 10.1016/j.idc.2018.02.004

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Hepatitis C virus reinfection rates among men who have sex with men are high. Factors associated with infection point to varied sexual and drug-related risks that could be targeted for interventions to prevent infection/reinfection. Modeling indicates that tackling increasing incidence and high reinfection rates requires high levels of hepatitis C virus treatment combined with behavioral interventions. Enhanced testing strategies and prompt retreating of reinfection may be required to promptly diagnosed reinfections. Behavioral interventions studies addressing reinfection are required. Other interventions include traditional harm reduction interventions, adapted behavioral interventions, and interventions to prevent harms related to ChemSex and other risk factors.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases

UniBE Contributor:

Salazar Vizcaya, Luisa Paola

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0891-5520

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Annelies Luginbühl

Date Deposited:

05 Jul 2018 17:18

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:14

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.idc.2018.02.004

PubMed ID:

29778262

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Hepatitis C virus Men who have sex with men Prevention Reinfection

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/116878

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