Authors
Joost W Vanhommerig, Femke AE Lambers, Janke Schinkel, Ronald B Geskus, Joop E Arends, Thijs JW van de Laar, Fanny N Lauw, Kees Brinkman, Luuk Gras, Bart JA Rijnders, Jan TM van der Meer, Maria Prins, MOSAIC (MSM Observational Study of Acute Infection With Hepatitis C) Study Group, JTM van der Meer, R Molenkamp, M Mutschelknauss, HE Nobel, HW Reesink, J Schinkel, M van der Valk, GEL van den Berk, K Brinkman, D Kwa, N van der Meche, A Toonen, D Vos, M van Broekhuizen, FN Lauw, JW Mulder, JE Arends, A van Kessel, I de Kroon, A Boonstra, ME van der Ende, S Hullegie, BJA Rijnders, TJW van de Laar, L Gras, C Smit, FAE Lambers, M Prins, JW Vanhommerig, W van der Veldt
Publication date
2015/9/1
Journal
Open forum infectious diseases
Volume
2
Issue
3
Pages
ofv115
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background. Since 2000, incidence of sexually acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infection has increased among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men who have sex with men (MSM). To date, few case-control and cohort studies evaluating HCV transmission risk factors were conducted in this population, and most of these studies were initially designed to study HIV-related risk behavior and characteristics.
Methods. From 2009 onwards, HIV-infected MSM with acute HCV infection and controls (HIV-monoinfected MSM) were prospectively included in the MOSAIC (MSM Observational Study of Acute Infection with hepatitis C) study at 5 large HIV outpatient clinics in the Netherlands. Written questionnaires were administered, covering sociodemographics, bloodborne risk factors for HCV infection, sexual behavior, and drug use. Clinical data were acquired …
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