Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening
Background. The incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasing in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). New guidelines recommend annual screening for HCV, similar to recommendations for syphilis screening with rapid plasma reagin (RPR).
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pubmed-47519192016-02-16 Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening Wurcel, Alysse G. Chen, Daniel D. Fitzpatrick, Rosemary E. Grasberger, Paula E. Kirshner, Caleb H. Anderson, Jordan E. Chui, Kenneth K. H. Knox, Tamsin A. Major Articles Background. The incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasing in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). New guidelines recommend annual screening for HCV, similar to recommendations for syphilis screening with rapid plasma reagin (RPR). Oxford University Press 2016-02-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4751919/ /pubmed/26885544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv215 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com. |
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Wurcel, Alysse G. Chen, Daniel D. Fitzpatrick, Rosemary E. Grasberger, Paula E. Kirshner, Caleb H. Anderson, Jordan E. Chui, Kenneth K. H. Knox, Tamsin A. Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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Wurcel, Alysse G. Chen, Daniel D. Fitzpatrick, Rosemary E. Grasberger, Paula E. Kirshner, Caleb H. Anderson, Jordan E. Chui, Kenneth K. H. Knox, Tamsin A. |
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Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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Hepatitis C Screening in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Lessons Learned From Syphilis Screening |
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hepatitis c screening in people with human immunodeficiency virus: lessons learned from syphilis screening |
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Background. The incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is increasing in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). New guidelines recommend annual screening for HCV, similar to recommendations for syphilis screening with rapid plasma reagin (RPR). |
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