Degree of liver fibrosis largely determines treatment urgency for hepatitis C virus (HCV). This retrospective study examined
fibrosis stages and predictive factors in African Americans with HCV monoinfection and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV
coinfection. Nearly 50% of patients had early-stage fibrosis in the study, despite the long duration of infection in many
patients. HIV was
... [Show full abstract] associated with the early fibrosis group. These results indicate that a large proportion of patients with
HCV infection, including those with HIV, could possibly await more-effective and better-tolerated treatment.