03/19/2011
In this podcast, Daniel S. Fierer, MD, discusses his team's latest research on hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) who have HIV and are treated in New York City. Read the transcript here.
Additional Resources:
- Factor SH, Carollo JR, Rodriguez-Caprio G, et al; the New York Acute Hepatitis C Surveillance Network. Sex, Not Drug Use, Is Driving HCV Reinfection Among HIV-Infected MSM In New York City. Paper presented at: Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2020; March 8-11, 2020; Boston, MA. http://www.croiconference.org/sessions/sex-not-drug-use-driving-hcv-reinfection-among-hiv-infected-msm-new-york-city.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus mmong HIV-infected men who have sex with men --- New York City, 2005-2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(28):945-50. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6028a2.htm.
Daniel S. Fierer, MD, who is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York.