HIV/HCV coinfection cases require special attention. Experts discuss current treatments, concerns.
Patients with both HIV and HCV have more complicated medical issues, including screening for liver problems, drug-drug interactions, depression, and potential immune suppression, experts say. Although fewer coinfected patients are dying since better HIV and HCV treatments have come on the market, coinfection continues to cause patients to die prematurely, according to recent research.
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