Friday, December 30, 2005


Hep C - HCV


HCV
Thanks to Amanda and Fred for coming to our HCV Anonymous Meeting. The more information about HCV the better off we all are and better able to fight it.. (The cookies were good , too)

Call for Abstracts
HCV in special, difficult to treat populations (e.g. HIV/HCV co-infection, paediatric HCV and HCV in the transplantation setting). There will be a special focus on the expanding problem of HIV/HCV co

HCV
HCV/Clinical: Predicting sustained virological responses in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD)/ribavirin Ferenci P et al J Hep 43 (2005) 425-433. HCV/Clinical: Pilot

HCV Main Page
Nov 28;80(4):295-298 Differences in HCV-specific T cell responses between chronic HCV infection and HIV/HCV co-infection. Dutoit V, Ciuffreda D, Comte D, et al

HIV/HCV Co-infection
A program for HIV positive people who are co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the New York City area. We provide ongoing treatment information, counseling, adherence support and case management

HCV
Originally one source of non-A non-B hepatitis (~90%?), hepatitis C virus (HCV) was first definitively identified by molecular cloning of the virus genome in 1989 ( Choo et al, Science 244: 359-62