More than two million people co-infected with HIV, hepatitis C

March 11, 2016 15:08

An estimated 2.3 million people living with HIV are co-infected with hepatitis C virus globally, a new study has found. Of these 2.3 million, more than half, or 1.3 million, are people who inject drugs, researchers from University of Bristol and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine said.

HIV and HCV infections are major global public health problems, with overlapping modes of transmission and affected populations. Globally, there are 37 million people infected with HIV, and around 115 million people with chronic HCV infection.

The study systematically reviewed 783 medical studies from worldwide sources to build the first global estimates on the prevalence of HIV/HCV co-infection (measured by HCV antibody) as a public health problem.

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