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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 25 percent of HIV-infected people in the United States are also infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

HCV infection is a major cause of liver damage and progresses more rapidly in HIV-infected people. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are enrolling volunteers for a clinical trial to evaluate a new treatment that may suppress the HCV virus in HIV/HCV co-infected patients.

The clinical trial is being conducted at the NIH in Bethesda, MD.

For more information – HIV Information – Talk About HIV – HEP Information – Talk About HEP

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