Abstract:BackgroundOf the 1.2 M persons living with HIV in the United States, about 25% are co-infected with HCV. Even with the availability of highly effective direct antiviral agents (DAAs), the goal of HCV elimination requires improvements to the HCV treatment cascade, especially linkage to and initiation of treatment in underserved populations. We have implemented a co-located HCV clinic within our HIV clinic to circumvent barriers to HCV treatment.MethodsBetween March 1, 2012 to April 30, 2017, all co-infected pat… Show more
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