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Coinfection (HCV/HIV)
HCV viremia is associated with drug use in young coinfected women
June 23rd, 2005
Hepatitis C viral load is associated with drug use in young women coinfected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV-1, infectious-disease researchers have determined. Georgia B. Nikolopoulou and colleagues, University of Southern California, wrote, "Vertical transmission of HCV is increased among HIV-1/HCV coinfected women and is related to HCV viral load. In this study we assessed clinical and demographic factors associated with HCV viremia in a cohort of young pregnant and nonpregnant mothers coinfected with HIV-1." They designed "a cross-sectional clinic-based study nested within a prospective cohort study" in which, from 1988 to 2000, HIV-1...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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