Hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in the era of direct‐acting antiviral agents: No longer a difficult‐to‐treat population
Cameron Sikavi, Phillip H. Chen, Alex D. Lee, Elena G. Saab, Gina Choi, Sammy Saab – 6 November 2017 – The treatment of chronic hepatitis C (HCV) in human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV)–infected individuals has been historically marked by low sustained virologic response (SVR) rates in comparison to those without HIV infection, resulting in the Food and Drug Administration labeling those coinfected as a “special population with an unmet medical need.” We systematically reviewed the treatment of chronic HCV infection in those infected with HIV.