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PEGASYS® (Peginterferon alfa-2a) for Injection
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  • Treating Hepatitis C
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  • What Is Hepatitis C?
  • What Are the Symptoms of Hepatitis C?
  • How Can Hepatitis C Affect My Liver?
  • How Do People Get Hepatitis C?
  • Myths and Facts About Hepatitis C
  • HIV and HCV
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Hepatitis C Support: PEGASSIST

Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection

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One out of every 4 people with HIV also has hepatitis C. Hepatitis C and HIV "Coinfection" with hepatitis C and HIV is common because both viruses share a similar route of transmission: exposure to infected blood. Unlike HIV, the risk for transmitting hepatitis C through sexual intercourse is low, but unprotected sex with several partners raises that risk. Thus, different people may be more or less likely to have both infections:

Coinfection with HIV and HCV
  • Coinfection is a medical term meaning that you have two or more infections in your body at the same time. If you have hepatitis C and HIV coinfection, then you have both hepatitis C and HIV. These two illnesses are very different, so it is important that you learn about both of them.
  • Coinfection with hepatitis C and HIV is common among people who became infected from injection drug use.
  • Hepatitis C and HIV coinfection is also common among persons with hemophilia who received clotting factor concentrates (before 1987).
  • For persons infected with HIV through sexual exposure, coinfection with hepatitis C is no more common than it would be for anyone else.

Find out more details about hepatitis C treatment for people also living with HIV.

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