Hepatitis C virus infections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: a rapidly evolving epidemic

Wandeler, Gilles; Gsponer, Thomas; Bregenzer, Andrea; Günthard, Huldrych F; Clerc, Olivier; Calmy, Alexandra; Stöckle, Marcel; Bernasconi, Enos; Furrer, Hansjakob; Rauch, Andri

doi:10.1093/cid/cis694

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Hepatitis C virus infections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: a rapidly evolving epidemic

ContributorsWandeler, Gilles; Gsponer, Thomas; Bregenzer, Andrea; Günthard, Huldrych F; Clerc, Olivier; Calmy, Alexandra

; Stöckle, Marcel; Bernasconi, Enos; Furrer, Hansjakob; Rauch, Andri

Published inClinical infectious diseases, vol. 55, no. 10, p. 1408-1416

Publication date2012

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a growing impact on morbidity and mortality in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We assessed trends in HCV incidence in the different HIV transmission groups in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS).

Keywords

Adult
Chi-Square Distribution
Cohort Studies
Epidemics
Female
HIV Infections/epidemiology/virology
Hepatitis C/epidemiology/virology
Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Male
Risk Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric
Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology/virology
Switzerland/epidemiology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

VIH/SIDA (930)

Citation (ISO format)

WANDELER, Gilles et al. Hepatitis C virus infections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: a rapidly evolving epidemic. In: Clinical infectious diseases, 2012, vol. 55, n° 10, p. 1408–1416. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis694

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PID : unige:31596
DOI : 10.1093/cid/cis694
PMID : 22893583

Journal ISSN1058-4838

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Hepatitis C virus infections in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: a rapidly evolving epidemic

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a growing impact on morbidity and mortality in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We assessed trends in HCV incidence in the different HIV transmission groups in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS).

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