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  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C virus spread from HIV-positive to HIV-negative men who have sex with men.

Charre C, Cotte L, Kramer R, et al

Paper

On the potential of a short-term intensive intervention to interrupt HCV transmission in HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a mathematical modelling study.
Salazar-Vizcaya L, Kouyos RD,
J Viral Hepat. 2017 Jul 7.
Abstract

Behavioural, not biological, factors drive the HCV epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: HCV and HIV modelling analysis including HCV treatment-as-prevention impact.
MacGregor L, Martin NK, Mukandavire C,  et al

Int J Epidemiol
. 2017 Jun 12
Abstract

Are testicular mixed germ cell tumours associated with hepatitis C (HCV) in HIV-positive men who have sex with men?
Atefi D, Pinto-Sander N, Richardson D.
Int J STD AIDS
. 2017 Feb;28(2):208-209.
Abstract

Shedding of Hepatitis C Virus Into the Rectum of HIV-infected Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Foster AL, Gaisa MM, Hijdra RM,
Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Nov 9.
Abstract

HCV reinfection incidence and spontaneous clearance rates in HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Western Europe.
Ingiliz P, Martin TC, Rodger A, et al

J Hepatol
. 2016 Sep 17. pii: S0168-8278(16)30505-0
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Spontaneous viral clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) and HIV-positive men who have sex with men (HIV+ MSM): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Smith DJ, Jordan AE, Frank M, Hagan H. et al
BMC Infect Dis
. 2016 Sep 5;16:471.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Venue-Based Networks May Underpin HCV Transmissions amongst HIV-Infected Gay and Bisexual Men.
Bradshaw D, Raghwani J, Jacka B,  et al 

PLoS One
. 2016 Sep 1;11(9):e0162002.
Paper

Earlier Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Through Routine Hepatitis C Virus Antibody Screening of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending A Sexually Transmitted Infection Outpatient Clinic: A Longitudinal Study.
van Rooijen M, Heijman T, de Vrieze N, et al
Sex Transm Dis. 2016 Sep;43(9):560-565
Abstract

High hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vietnam and associated risk factors: 2010 Vietnam Integrated Behavioural and Biologic Cross-Sectional Survey.
Nadol P, O'Connor S, Duong H,  et al
Sex Transm Infect
. 2016 Apr 4.
Abstract

Can HCV direct-acting antiviral treatment as prevention reverse the HCV epidemic amongst men who have sex with men in the UK - epidemiological and modelling insights.
Martin NK, Thornton A, Hickman M, et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Feb 16
Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus Awareness Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Southwest Switzerland.
Clerc O, Darling K, Calmy A, et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2016 Jan;43(1):44-48.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High Prevalence and High Incidence of Coinfection with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis and Low Rate of Effective Vaccination against Hepatitis B in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with Known Date of HIV Seroconversion in Germany.
Jansen K, Thamm M, Bock CT, et al
 
PLoS One
. 2015 Nov 10;10(11):e0142515
Paper

Spontaneous clearance of the hepatitis C virus among men who have sex with men.
Seaberg EC, Witt MD, Jacobson LP,  et al

Clin Infect Dis
. 2015 Jul 14.
Abstract

Hepatitis C risk factors, attitudes and knowledge among HIV-positive, HIV-negative and HIV-untested gay and bisexual men in Australia.
Brener L, Murphy DA, Cama EJ, Ellard J.
Sex Health
. 2015 Jul 6.
Abstract

Seroprevalence of hepatitis C and correlates of seropositivity among men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada: a cross-sectional survey.
Wong J, Moore D, Kanters S, et al
Sex Transm
Infect
. 2015 Apr 14.
Abstract

Hepatitis C virus infection and its relationship to certain sexual practices in men-who-have-sex-with-men in Spain:
Results from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS).

Fernández-Dávila P, Folch C,  et al
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2014 Oct 30. pii: S0213-005X(14)00296-1
Abstract

Acute hepatitis C infection in HIV-negative men who have sex with men.
McFaul K, Maghlaoui A, Nzuruba M, et al

J Viral Hepat
. 2014 Nov 21.
Abstract

Differences in hepatitis C virus prevalence and clearance by mode of acquisition among men who have sex with men.
Seaberg EC, Witt MD, Jacobson LP,  et al
 
J Viral Hepa
t
. 2014 Oct;21(10):696-705.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
HIV-1, HBV, HCV, HTLV, HPV-16/18, and Treponema pallidum Infections in a Sample of Brazilian Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Soares CC, Georg I, Lampe E,  et al
PLoS One. 2014 Aug 1;9(8):e102676.
Paper

Detection of a Sexually Transmitted HCV Protease Inhibitor-Resistance Variant in a HIV-infected Homosexual Man.
Franco S, Tural C, Nevot M, Moltó J,  et al
Gastroenterology. 2014 May 21.
Abstract

High awareness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) but limited knowledge of HCV complications among HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men.
Lambers FA, Prins M, Davidovich U, Stolte IG.
AIDS Care. 2014 Apr;26(4):416-24
Abstract

Eradicating syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV in MSM through frequent testing strategies.
Fairley CK, Law M, Chen MY
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;27(1):56-61
Abstract

Incidence and Risk Factors for Incident Hepatitis C Infection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men With HIV-1 Infection in a Large Urban HIV Clinic in Tokyo.
Nishijima T, Shimbo T, Komatsu H, et al

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2014 Feb 1;65(2):213-7.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Prevalence of hepatitis C in a Swiss sample of men who have sex with men: whom to screen for HCV infection?
Schmidt AJ, Falcato L, Zahno B,  et al

BMC Public Health
. 2014 Jan 6;14(1):3.
Paper

Limited spread of hepatitis C among HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Stockholm, Sweden.
Blaxhult A, Samuelson A, Ask R, Hökeberg I.

Int J STD AIDS
.
2013 Dec 18.
Abstract

Eradicating syphilis, hepatitis C and HIV in MSM through frequent testing strategies.
Fairley CK, Law M, Chen MY.
Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2013 Nov 23.
Abstract

Trends in hepatitis C virus infections among MSM attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic; 1995-2010.
Urbanus AT, Van De Laar TJ,
AIDS. 2013 Nov 25
Abstract

High awareness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) but limited knowledge of HCV complications among HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men.
Lambers FA, Prins M, Davidovich U, Stolte IG.

AIDS Care
. 2013 Sep 11
Abstract

Hepatitis C in men who have sex with men in London - a community survey.
Price H, Gilson R, Mercey D, et al

HIV Med
. 2013 Jun 18
Abstract

Incident hepatitis C virus infection in men who have sex with men: a prospective cohort analysis from 1984 to 2011.
Witt MD, Seaberg EC, Darilay A,  et al

Clin Infect Dis
. 2013 Mar 26
Abstract

Beyond injecting drug use: investigation of a Victorian cluster of hepatitis C among HIV-infected men who have sex with men.
Mahony AA, Donnan EJ, Lester RA, et al

Med J Aust
. 2013 Mar 4;198(4):210-4
Abstract

Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney: prevalence and associations with sexual risk practices and HIV and hepatitis C infection.
Lea T, Mao L, Bath N,  et al
AIDS Behav. 2013 Jan 16.

Abstract

Sexually transmitted hepatitis C infection: the new epidemic in MSM?
Bradshaw D, Matthews G, Danta M.

Curr Opin Infect Dis
. 2013 Feb;26(1):66-72.
Abstract

Hepatitis C infection among men who have sex with men, San Francisco, 2011.
Raymond HF, Chu P, Nieves-Rivera I, et al

Sex Transm Dis
. 2012 Dec;39(12):985-6.
Abstract

Incidence of acute hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men with and without HIV infection: a systematic review
Yaphe S, Bozinoff N, Kyle R, Shivkumar S,  et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2012 Aug 3.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Gaining Greater Insight into HCV Emergence in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men: The HEPAIG Study.
Larsen C, Chaix ML, Le Strat Y,  et al

PLoS One
. 2011;6(12):e29322
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men ---New York City, 2005--2010.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 22;60:945-50
Paper

The hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive MSM: incidence estimates from 1990 to 2007.
van der Helm JJ, Prins M, Del Amo J,  et al
AIDS. 2011 May 15;25(8):1083-1091.
Abstract

Awareness of hepatitis C infection among men who have sex with men in Flanders, Belgium.
De Ryck I, Berghe VW, Antonneau C, Colebunders R.
Acta Clin Belg. 2011 Jan-Feb;66(1):46-8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Trouble with Bleeding: Risk Factors for Acute Hepatitis C among HIV-Positive Gay Men from Germany—
A Case-Control Study

Axel J.
Schmidt AJ, Jürgen K.  et al
PLoS One
.
08 Mar 2011
Paper

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Incidence of Hepatitis-C among HIV infected men who have sex with men (MSM) attending a sexual health service:
a cohort study.

Gamage DG, Read TR, Bradshaw CS,
 et al
BMC Infect Dis
. 2011 Feb 3;11(1):39.
Paper

The incidence of syphilis, HIV and HCV and associated factors in a cohort of men who have sex with men in Nanjing, China.
Hao C, Yan H, Yang H,
 et al
Sex Transm Infect
. 2011 Jan 24
Abstract

Incidence and characteristics of sexually transmitted acute hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Copenhagen, Denmark during four years
A retrospective cohort study.
Barfod TS, Omland LH, Katzenstein TL.

Scand J Infect Dis
. 2010 Oct 5.
Abstract

Acute hepatitis C in HIV-infected men who have sex with men: an emerging sexually transmitted infection.
van de Laar TJ, Matthews GV, Prins M, Danta M.

AIDS
. 2010 Jul 1.
Abstract

Viral hepatitis among men who have sex with men, epidemiology and public health consequences.
Urbanus A, van Houdt R, van de Laar T, Coutinho R.
E
uro Surveill
. 2009 Nov 26;14(47). pii: 19421.
Abstract

 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Commentaries, and Commentaries
 
 
Prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV co-infections among MSM in Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja, Nigeria
S. Adebajo, A. Ogini, F. Lesi, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Prevalence, incidence and determinants of HCV infections among HIV-positive MSM attending a STI clinic, 1995-2010
A.T. Urbanus, T. van de Laar, R. Geskus. et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

High HCV awareness, but limited knowledge of HCV infection complications among HIV-negative and HIV-positive MSM from the Amsterdam cohort studies 
F .Lambers, M. Prins2, U. Davidovich, I. Stolte

(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Characteristics of prevalent and incident hepatitis C infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Seattle
P. Coffin, M. Golden, J. Scott, et al
(XIX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

on Changes in Hepatitis C Patients Undergoing Antiviral Therapy
KM Simpson, A Verma, DM Evon, et al
(136th APHA)
Abstract


HIV/HCV Coinfection
           

  Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries  
 
 

Development and validation of the HCV-MOSAIC risk score to assist testing for acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM).
Newsum AM, Stolte IG, van der Meer JT,  et al
Euro Surveill. 2017 May 25;22(21
Abstract

HIV-positive men who have sex with men are at high risk of development of significant liver fibrosis after an episode of acute hepatitis C.
Steininger K, Boyd A, Dupke S,  et al

J Viral Hepat
. 2017 Apr 25.
Abstract

Telaprevir-containing triple therapy in acute HCV coinfection: The CHAT Study.
Boesecke C, Singh GK, Scholten SH,  et al
Antivir Ther
. 2017 Feb 27.
Abstract

Are testicular mixed germ cell tumours associated with hepatitis C (HCV) in HIV-positive men who have sex with men?
Atefi D, Pinto-Sander N, Richardson D
Int J STD AIDS. 2017 Feb;28(2):208-209.
Abstract

The hepatitis C virus NS3 Q80K polymorphism is frequently detected and transmitted among HIV-infected MSM in the Netherlands.
Newsum AM, Ho CK, Lieveld FI,  et al

AIDS
.
2016 Sep 20
Abstract

Modelling the impact of deferring HCV treatment on liver-related complications in HIV coinfected men who have sex with men.
Zahnd C, Salazar-Vizcaya L, Dufour JF, et al

J Hepatol
. 2016 Feb 24. pii: S0168-8278(16)00164-1.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Low prevalence of hepatitis C co-infection in recently HIV-infected minority men who have sex with men in Los Angeles: a cross-sectional study.
Chew KW, Blum ML, Javanbakht M, et al 

BMC Infect Dis
. 2015 Nov 20;15(1):538.
Paper

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Risk Factors for Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Case-Control Study.
Vanhommerig JW, Lambers FA, Schinkel J, Geskus RB,  et al
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 6;2(3):ofv115
Paper

Factors Associated With Hepatitis C Infection Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men With No Reported Injection Drug Use in New York City, 2000-2010.
Breskin A, Drobnik A, Pathela P, et al

|Sex Transm Di
s
. 2015 Jul;42(7):382-386.
Abstract

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV+ men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jordan AE, Perlman DC, Neurer J, et al

nt J STD AIDS
. 2016 Jan 28.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C virus seroconversion among HIV-positive men who have sex with men with no history of injection drug use: Results from a clinical HIV cohort.
Burchell AN, Gardner SL, Mazzulli T, et al
Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2015 Jan-Feb;26(1):17-22
.
Paper

Evaluation of a hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigen assay for routine HCV screening among men who have sex with men infected with HIV.
Vanhommerig JW, van de Laar TJ, Koot M, van Rooijen MS,  et al
Virol Methods. 2014 Dec 18;213C:147-150
Abstract

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Antibody Dynamics following Acute HCV Infection and Reinfection among HIV-Infected Men who have Sex with Men.
Vanhommerig JW, Thomas XV, van der Meer JT, et al
Clin Infect Dis
. 2014 Sep 3

Abstract

Comparison of risk factors in HIV-infected men who have sex with men, coinfected or not with hepatitis C virus (ANRS VESPA2 French cross-sectional national survey).
Marcellin F, Lorente N, Demoulin B, et al

Sex Transm Infect
. 2014 Aug 5.
Abstract

Higher Risk of Incident HCV-Coinfections in MSM with a Wide HIV Transmission Bottleneck.
Kouyos RD, Rauch A, Braun DL,  et al
J Infect Dis. 2014 Jun 18.

Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hagan H, Neurer J, Jordan AE, Des Jarlais DC, et al
Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 26;3:31.
Paper

Incidence and risk factors for incident hepatitis C infection among men who have sex with men with HIV-1 infection in a large urban HIV clinic in Tokyo.
Nishijima T, Shimbo T, Komatsu H, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Oct 31
Abstract

When 'raw sex' turns to a 'raw deal' … taking the opportunity to think about sex? Interviews with HIV-positive gay men diagnosed with acute hepatitis C.
Le Talec JY.
Cult Health Sex. 2013 Jul 18.
Abstract

HCV reinfection incidence and treatment outcome among HIV-positive MSM in London.
Martin TC, Martin NK, Hickman M,  et al

AIDS
. 2013 Jun 3.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Correction: HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Identify Themselves as Belonging to Subcultures Are at Increased Risk for Hepatitis C Infection.
Matser A, Vanhommerig J, Schim van der Loeff MF,  et al

PLoS One
. 2013 Apr 11;8(4).
Paper

Prevalent and Incident Hepatitis C Virus Infection among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men Engaged in Primary Care in a Boston Community Health Center.
Garg S, Taylor LE, Grasso C, Mayer KH.
Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 5.
Abstract

Ménage ŕ trois: increased prevalence of syphilis infection in HIV-positive MSM with acute hepatitis C.
Krznaric I, Ingiliz P, Wienbreyer A, et a;
J Int AIDS Soc. 2012 Nov 11;15(6):18417
Abstract

Incidence of acute hepatitis C virus infection among men who have sex with men with and without HIV infection: a systematic review
Yaphe S, Bozinoff N, Kyle R, Shivkumar S,  et al
S
ex Transm Infect
. 2012 Aug 3.
Abstract

Cost-Effective Screening for Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection in HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Linas BP, Wong AY, Schackman BR,  et al
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 4.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE

Trouble with Bleeding: Risk Factors for Acute Hepatitis C among HIV-Positive Gay Men from Germany—A Case-Control Study.
Schmidt AJ, Rockstroh JK, Vogel M, , et al.
PLoS ONE
 20116(3): e17781.


PaperDo rates of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-positive MSM present a risk for hepatitis C transmission?
Stall R, Wei C, Raymond HF, McFarland W.
Sex Transm Infect. 2011 Jun 8.
Abstract

Treatment of acute hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected MSM: the effect of treatment duration
Lambers FA, Brinkman K, Schinkel J,  et al

AIDS
. 2011 Apr 21
Abstract

The Hepatitis C epidemic among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: incidence  estimates from 1990 to 2007.
van der Helm JJ, Prins M, Del Amo J,  et al

AIDS
. 2011 Apr 18.
Abstract         

 
 


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