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Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C as Risk Factors for Mortality in HIV-Infected Individuals

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2015

Year

Margaret May, Amy C. Justice, Kate Birnie, Suzanne M Ingle, Colette Smit, Colette Smith, D. Neau, Marguerite Guiguet, Carolynne Schwarze‐Zander, Santiago Moreno,
JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Abstract

A substantial proportion of the excess mortality in HIV-infected IDU is explained by HCV coinfection. These findings underscore the potential impact on mortality of new treatments for HCV in HIV-infected people.

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