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The flow chart of study populations in the Estonian HIV Cohort Study (E-HIV) between 2000 and 2015. The study population included 4422 HIV positive subjects of 5439 patients linked to the care. Of latter, 84% (3708/4422) had information about their HCV serostatus; 61% (2706/4422) were HCV seropositive, 23% (1002/4422) HCV seronegative and 16% (714 /4422) patients had no information about their HCV status. Of HCV seropositive subjects 60% (1625/2706) were HCV RNA positive, 9% (239/2706) had their HCV GT determined and 5% (141/2706) were treated for HCV
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Background
Estonia has a typical Eastern European HIV epidemic where the most frequent co-infection is chronic hepatitis C (HCV). We aimed to describe the changes in HCV prevalence, the distribution of HCV genotypes (GT), and HCV treatment in Estonian people living with HIV over 15 years.
Methods
We used data of subjects included to the Estonian H...
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... 4422 subjects, 84% (3708/4422) had been tested for the presence of HCV infection and in total 61% (2706/4422) were HCV positive (Fig. 2). Detailed information on HCV infection is presented in Table ...
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