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Increased numbers of acute hepatitis C infections in HIV positive homosexual men; is sexual transmission feeding the increase?
  1. R Browne,
  2. D Asboe,
  3. Y Gilleece,
  4. M Atkins,
  5. S Mandalia,
  6. B Gazzard,
  7. M Nelson
  1. St Stephens Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Rita Browne
 St Stephens Centre, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK; rita.brownechelwest.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.2003.008532

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    Although the principal mode of hepatitis C (HCV) transmission in the United Kingdom is injecting drug use (IDU), the risk for a third of infections is unknown.1 The contribution of sexual transmission between men who have sex with men (MSM) to the spread of hepatitis C is unclear, however evidence is accumulating that both co-infection with HIV2 and the presence of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) facilitate sexual transmission of HCV.3 With the reported increases in unsafe sex and STIs in HIV positive MSM we questioned whether these circumstances may lead to an increase in the number of HCV infections.

    This study was undertaken to determine whether within our clinics, changes in the number of individuals being diagnosed with acute HCV infection were occurring and to ascertain risk factors for acquisition in these individuals.

    A case note review of all patients within the HIV and sexual health clinics of St Stephen’s Centre with diagnosed acute HCV infection between January …

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