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According to a study published in the March 5th issue of
AIDS, HIV-positive patients who are co-infected with hepatitis C virus have a faster progression to AIDS. Dr. Pascal Chavanet of the Hospital du Bocage in
Dijon, France, and colleagues report that clinical infection progressed faster over a three year period in 119 co-infected subjects than in the 119 control subjects who were infected with HIV only. The researchers also noted that
HCV infection posed a significant risk for increased clinical and immunological progression in patients in the early stages of HIV infection. The scientists concluded that the findings warrant the use of interferon-based
treatment for co-infected patients.
Editor's Note: from Reuters Health Information Services
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