Human immunodeficiency virus/hepatits C virus coinfection in Spain: elimination Is feasible, but the burden of residual cirrhosis will be significant
Author
Berenguer, Juan
Jarrín, Inmaculada
Pérez-Latorre, Leire
Hontañón, Víctor
Vivancos, María J.
Navarro, Jordi
Téllez, María J.
Guardiola Tey, Josep Maria
Iribarren, José A.
Rivero-Juárez, Antonio
Márquez, Manuel
Artero, Arturo
Morano, Luis
Santos, Ignacio
Moreno, Javier
Fariñas, María C.
Galindo, María J.
Hernando, María A.
Montero, Marta
Cifuentes, Carmen
Domingo, Pere
Sanz, José
Domíngez, Lourdes
Ferrero, Oscar L.
De la Fuente, Belén
Rodríguez, Carmen
Reus, Sergio
Hernández-Quero, José
Gaspar, Gabriel
Pérez-Martínez, Laura
García, Coral
Force, Lluis
Veloso, Sergio
Losa, Juan E.
Vilaró, Josep
Bernal, Enrique
Arponen, Sari
Ortí, Amat J.
Chocarro, Ángel
Teira, Ramón
Alonso, Gerardo
Silvariño, Rafael
Vegas, Ana
Geijo, Paloma
Bisbe, Josep
Esteban, Herminia
González-García, Juan
GeSIDA 8514 Study Group
Publication date
2018-01ISSN
2328-8957
Abstract
Background: We assessed the prevalence of antibodies against hepatitis C virus (HCV-Abs) and active HCV infection in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Spain in 2016 and compared the results with those of similar studies performed in 2002, 2009, and 2015. Methods: The study was performed in 43 centers during October–November 2016. The sample was estimated for an accuracy of 2% and selected by proportional allocation and simple random sampling. During 2016, criteria for therapy based on direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA) were at least significant liver fibrosis, severe extrahepatic manifestations of HCV, and high risk of HCV transmissibility. Results: The reference population and the sample size were 38904 and 1588 patients, respectively. The prevalence of HCV-Abs in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 60.8%, 50.2%, 37.7%, and 34.6%, respectively (P trend <.001, from 2002 to 2015). The prevalence of active HCV in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 54.0%, 34.0%, 22.1%, and 11.7%, respectively (P trend <.001). The anti-HCV treatment uptake in 2002, 2009, 2015, and 2016 was 23.0%, 48.0%, 59.3%, and 74.7%, respectively (P trend <.001). In 2016, HCV-related cirrhosis was present in 7.6% of all HIV-infected individuals, 15.0% of patients with active HCV, and 31.5% of patients who cleared HCV after anti-HCV therapy. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that with universal access to DAA-based therapy and continued efforts in prevention and screening, it will be possible to eliminate active HCV among HIV-infected individuals in Spain in the short term. However, the burden of HCV-related cirrhosis will continue to be significant among HIV-infected individuals.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
616.9 - Communicable diseases. Infectious and contagious diseases, fevers
Keywords
Coinfecció
Epidemiologia
Hepatitis C
Teràpia farmacològica
Infecció pel VIH
Coinfección
Epidemiología
Hepatitis C
Terapia farmacológica
Infección por VIH
Coinfection
Epidemiology
Hepatitis C
Pharmacological therapy
HIV infection
Pages
8
Publisher
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Collection
5; 1
Is part of
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Citation
Berenguer, Juan; Jarrín, Inmaculada; Pérez-Latorre, Leire [et al.]. Human immunodeficiency virus/hepatits C virus coinfection in Spain: elimination Is feasible, but the burden of residual cirrhosis will be significant. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018, 5(1), [p. 1-8]. Disponible en: <https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/5/1/ofx258/4804300>. Fecha de acceso: 17 jun. 2021. DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx258
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© The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.comDOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx258
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