Prevalence and burden of HCV co-infection in people living with HIV: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

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At global level, there are 37 million people infected with HIV and 115 million people with antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV). Little is known about the extent of HIV-HCV co-infection. We sought to characterise the epidemiology and burden of HCV co-infection in people living with HIV.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Infect Dis

Title: The Lancet. Infectious diseases

ISSN (Electronic): 1474-4457

ISSN (Print): 1473-3099

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2016

Volume: 16

Issue: 7

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[1 ] Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Electronic address: Lucy.Platt@lshtm.ac.uk.

[2 ] Global Hepatitis Programme, HIV Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

[3 ] Centre for Disease Analysis, Boulder, CO, USA.

[4 ] Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

[5 ] Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Geneva, Switzerland.

[6 ] School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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Publisher Item ID: S1473-3099(15)00485-5

DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00485-5

PubMed ID: 26922272

SO-VID: 7fcc8586-6bae-439c-96ed-4b17fb39d1ef

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