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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

HIV has been an important and familiar health and social crisis for two decades. Less familiar, but also important, is HCV infection. In HIV–HCV co-infected patients, the Hepatitis C (HCV) viral load is higher than in HCV-mono-infected patients in both the plasma and liver tissue.

Similarity between Hepatitis C with HIV: These two viruses are similar in a number of ways, and infection with both is a serious problem. Both HCV and HIV are transmitted by exposure to infected blood. About one-quarter of the people infected with HIV also have HCV.