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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:41 What is HIV?
0:59 What is hepatitis
1:43 connection between HIV and hepatitis
2:27 Risk factors for HIV and hepatitis
2:50 Treatment for people with HIV and hepatitis co infection


Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) co-infection is a multi-faceted, chronic condition that significantly impacts public health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 2 to 15% of those infected with HIV are also affected by HCV, increasing their risk of morbidity and mortality due to accelerated liver disease. The burden of co-infection is especially high in certain high-risk groups, such as intravenous drug users and men who have sex with men.[1] These individuals who are HIV-positive are commonly co-infected with HCV due to shared routes of transmission including, but not limited to, exposure to HIV-positive blood, sexual intercourse, and passage of the Hepatitis C virus from mother to infant during childbirth.[2]

Infection with HCV can be asymptomatic, resolve itself without treatment, or can lead to cirrhosis or cancer.