Decrease in serial prevalence of coinfection with hepatitis C virus among HIV-infected patients in Spain, 1997-2006.
The prevalence of injection drug use decreased from 67.3% in 1997 to 14.5% in 2006 among Spanish patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A parallel decrease in the prevalence of coinfection with hepatitis C virus was observed, from 73.8% in 1997 to 19.8% in 2006. This steady decrease in the prevalence of coinfection among Spanish patients was caused by a change in transmission routes of HIV infection.
National Epidemiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. sperezc@isciii.es
Santiago
S
Pérez Cachafeiro
Julia
J
Del Amo
Jose A
JA
Iribarren
Miguel
M
Salavert Lleti
Félix
F
Gutiérrez
Ana
A
Moreno
Pablo
P
Labarga
Juan A
JA
Pineda
Francesc
F
Vidal
Juan
J
Berenguer
Santiago
S
Moreno
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult