Scaling up screening and treatment for elimination of hepatitis C among men who have sex with men in the era of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Scaling up screening and treatment for elimination of hepatitis C among men who have sex with men in the era of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.11.010
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发表时间:
2020-02-01
影响因子:
15.1
通讯作者:
Vickerman, Peter
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作者:
Macgregor, Louis;Desai, Monica;Vickerman, Peter
Background: Routine HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV care appointments provide opportunities for screening men who have sex with men (MSM) for hepatitis C virus infection (HCV). However, levels of screening required for achieving the WHO elimination target of reducing HCV incidence by 90% by 2030 among all MSM are unknown.Methods: An HCV/HIV transmission model was calibrated to UK prevalence of HIV among MSM (4.7%) and chronic HCV infection among HIV-positive MSM (9.9%) and HIV-negative MSM (1.2%). Assuming 12.5% coverage of PrEP among HIV-negative MSM, we evaluated the relative reduction in overall HCV incidence by 2030 (compared to 2018 levels) of HCV screening every 12/6-months (alongside completing direct acting antiviral treatment within 6-months of diagnosis) in PrEP users and/or HIV-diagnosed MSM. We estimated the additional screening required among HIV-negative non-PrEP users to reduce overall incidence by 90% by 2030. The effect of 50% reduction in condom use among PrEP users (risk compensation) was estimated.Results: Screening and treating PrEP users for HCV every 12 or 6-months decreases HCV incidence by 67.3% (uncertainty range 52.7-79.2%) or 70.2% (57.1-80.8%), respectively, increasing to 75.4% (59.0-88.6%) or 78.8% (63.9-90.4%) if HIV-diagnosed MSM are also screened at same frequencies. Risk compensation reduces these latter projections by