“…Average age was 64 ± 12 years, 58% female. 43.5% had fatty liver disease (NAFLD), 22.5% viral hepatitis C (VHC), 17% autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and 17% alcoholic liver disease (ALD). …”
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“…Prevalence of HIV was 2.4% (95 CI 1.3–4.2%), hepatitis B (HBsAg positive) was 3.4% (95 CI 2.1–5.5%), and hepatitis C was 0% (95 CI 0.0–0.9%). Quality of life showed a significant prevalence of depression and anxiety markers, particularly in those arriving in Chile less than 1 year ago. …”
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“…METHODS AND MATERIALS: Mild/moderate COVID‐19 convalescents were selected as CCP donors after reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection and absence of symptoms for ≥14 days plus (a) age (18‐60 years), body weight greater than 55 kg; (b) immunohematological studies; (c) no infectious markers of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, human T‐lymphotropic virus‐1/2, Chagas and syphilis infection; (d) no HLA antibodies (multiparous); (e) second RT‐PCR (nasopharyngeal swab and/or blood) negativity; (f) virus neutralization test (cytopathic effect–based virus neutralization test neutralizing antibody) and anti–nucleocapsid protein SARS‐CoV‐2 IgM, IgG, and IgA enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays. …”
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“…The majority were homeless (63%) and hepatitis C antibody positive (82%) (Table 1). There were 81 evaluable admissions with 8 (9%) excluded due to intubation. …”
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“…RESULTS: 36 women met criteria to be included in this study. 22% had chronic hypertension, 8% had asthma, one had chronic HIV and hepatitis C, 30% had pregnancy-related morbidities including pregnancy-induced hypertension (19%), cholestasis of pregnancy (8%) and gestational diabetes(3%) (Table1) Of the 32 deliveries to date, 17 (53% delivered vaginally and 15 (47%) via C-section. …”
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“…Spearman’s rank correlation quantified the relationship between infection and reported hepatitis C seropositivity (HCV), Substance Abuse (SA) and opioid use disorder (OUD) rates. …”
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“…RESULTS: Of 703 patients, 402 (57.2%) were male, 421 (59.9%) used tobacco, 213 (30.3%) had documented opiate abuse, 128 (18.2%) had other illicit drug abuse documented, and 190 (27.0%) had documented hepatitis C infection. Among the 703 patients, 114 (16.2%) died during the index encounter. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C (HCV) care cascades for persons with HIV/HCV co-infection are hampered by incomplete HCV surveillance data, lack of standardized matching algorithms, and incomplete ability to determine HCV treatment status from surveillance alone. …”
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“…STIs included gonorrhea (GC), chlamydia (CT), human papillomavirus (HPV), syphilis, trichomonas, herpes simplex virus (HSV), lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), hepatitis C (HCV), bacterial vaginosis (BV), and chancroid. …”
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“…The first round of data collection, in 2019, focused on hepatitis C, overdose prevention, new drug trends and civil society involvement in drug policies. …”
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“…Incidence rates (per 100 person-years) were as follows: HIV [5.23; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.15–10.31], chlamydia (5.15; 95% CI: 2.58–9.34), gonorrhea (3.93; 95% CI: 1.88–7.83), syphilis (13.04; 95% CI: 8.24–19.94), hepatitis B (2.11; 95% CI: 0.53–4.89), hepatitis C (0.95; 95% CI: 0.00–3.16), any STI except HIV (30.99; 95% CI: 21.73–40.26), and any STI including HIV (50.08; 95% CI: 37.60–62.55). …”
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“…The diseases ranked highest were (in order) pertussis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, hepatitis C and hepatitis B. Among the five criteria groups, overall the highest weights were assigned to ‘impact on the patient’, followed by ‘impact on public health’, while different perceptions were identified between clinicians, microbiologists and epidemiologists. …”
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“…Multivariable analysis identified as independent predictors of HCC recurrence: hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (HR: 1.96, 95%C.I.: 0.91–4.24, p = 0.085), serum bilirubin levels (HR: 5.32, 95%C.I.: 2.07–13.69, p = 0.001), number of nodules (HR: 1.63, 95%C.I.: 1.12–2.38, p = 0.011) and size of the larger nodule (HR: 1.11, 95%C.I.: 1.03–1.18, p = 0.004). …”
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“…Background: Eradication of hepatitis C virus (HCV) promotes an improvement in liver disease and the deactivation of the immune system. …”
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“…In contrast, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and multinodularity were significantly associated with late recurrence (> 1 year). …”
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“…Longitudinal coverage with HIV-specific cervical cancer screening was inversely associated with age, hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection (AOR 0.754, 95% CI 0.619, 0.916), not having insurance (AOR 0.331, 95% CI 0.264, 0.412), drug abuse (AOR 0.459, 95% CI 0.336, 0.618) and higher among those retained in HIV care (AOR 1.972, 95% CI 1.615, 2.410). …”
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“…An multivariate analysis showed that age, hepatitis C viral infection, AFP and IL-17 were four independent factors associated with imminent HCC (adjusted P = 0.03, 0.041, 0.024 and 0.008 respectively). …”
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“…Carriers of the IFNL4-dG allele but not the IFNL4-TT allele are able to produce the IFN-λ4 protein. Patients with hepatitis C virus that do not produce the IFN-λ4 protein have higher rates of viral clearance suggesting a potential inhibitory role of IFN-λ4 in liver-tropic infections. …”
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“…In subgroup analysis, OS was significantly different in recipients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but there was no significant difference for recipients with hepatitis B virus (HBV), alcoholic liver diseases and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). …”
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“…The greatest risk of cancer incidence was associated with HIV infection (HR 2.22; 95% CI 1.88–2.63; 0.27% of patients), older age (HR 2.05 per 1 SD = 15.5 years; 95% CI 2.01- 2.09), hepatitis C infection (HR 1.48; 95% CI 1.34–1.63; 0.96% of patients), and family history of cancer (HR 1.44; 95% CI 1.41–1.48; 42.5% of patients). …”
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