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Published in Hepatitis Weekly, September 5th, 2005
Study 1: Alcohol impedes hepatitis C response to therapy in HIV-coinfected patients.
"The interactions between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), alcohol, and antiretroviral therapy are complex. We retrospectively assessed persons coinfected with HIV and HCV who achieved HIV suppression to <500 copies/mL and continued to take antiretrovirals for {{>=}}6 months," investigators in Canada report.
"Frozen plasma specimens were retrieved for quantitation of HCV RNA levels at baseline and 3, 6, and 12 months after...
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