Study investigators have continued to test Swiss HIV Cohort participants regularly for hepatitis C. Participants were screened again in 2017 and testing showed that new infections had fallen by 57% and the prevalence of hepatitis C in the study participants had fallen by 84%.
All gay and bisexual men in the Swiss HIV Cohort underwent screening for chronic hepatitis C infection and those with detectable virus were offered direct-acting antiviral treatment. The Swiss HCVree Trial took place in 20 ( see a report on the preliminary findings here). Basic information on how hepatitis C is passed on during sex
