Prevalence of HIV infection among non-elderly individuals with hepatitis C in Japan: a population-based cohort study using a health insurance claim data

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 167 - 7
• Main Authors: Ikeuchi, Kazuhiko, Okushin, Kazuya, Saito, Makoto, Adachi, Eisuke, Tsutsumi, Takeya, Takura, Tomoyuki, Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 21.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Cohort Studies; Demographic aspects; Development and progression; Disease transmission; Female; Health aspects; Hepacivirus - genetics; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); HIV; HIV infection; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Injection drug user (IDU); Insurance, Health; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Men who have sex with Men (MSM); Methods; Middle Aged; MSM (Men who have sex with men); Prevalence; Risk factors; Sexual and Gender Minorities; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology; Sexually transmitted infection (STI); Statistics; Young Adult; Japan; Sexually transmitted infection (STI); HIV; Injection drug user (IDU); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Men who have sex with Men (MSM)

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been mainly transmitted through injection drug use, but recently, sexual transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM), which is also a major route of HIV transmission, is increasing. However, the prevalence of HIV and the incidence of other sexually transmitted infe...