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Screening HCV a Jesi: test gratuito senza prenotazione per i nati tra 1969 e 1989

Current US guidelines recommend annual hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening among men who have sex with men (MSM) with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and MSM on pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), but these recommendations were based largely on expert opinion using interferon-era assumptions.MethodsWe calibrated a dynamic economic model of HCV transmission among MSM to US data to determine the cost effectiveness of HCV testing among MSM with HIV and/or using PrEP and among MSM not using PrEP, compared to status quo HCV testing. Program costs and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were calculated to determine the mean incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of each testing combination compared to its next least costly permutation. We defined the optimal strategy as that having the highest health benefits but with an ICER below a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100 000/QALY gained.ResultsSix testing strategies dominated the other combinations. Implementing recommended annual screening among MSM with HIV was cost-saving compared to current testing rates. However, the optimal strategy was testing MSM with HIV every 6 months, MSM using PrEP every 12 months, and MSM not using PrEP when tested for HIV (ICER $67 092/QALY gained). The optimal strategy did not change under sensitivity analyses.ConclusionsThe optimal frequency of HCV testing to achieve maximum health benefit in a cost-effective manner for MSM in the United States is higher in 2 subgroups, MSM with HIV, and MSM not using PrEP, than current US guidelines recommend. HCV testing is currently performed less frequently than optimal. Expanding testing is needed to improve HCV outcomes among MSM in the United States.

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The award will provide five years of funding for the new center, which unites leading scientists in hepatitis C virus structural biology, immunology and vaccine technology to develop innovative vaccine candidates.

The shifty hepatitis C virus (HCV) has a knack for outmaneuvering the immune system. Its secret is an especially high mutation rate, which has generated an abundance of viral variants with extreme genetic diversity. This striking diversity has so far impeded successful vaccine development because a broadly effective vaccine needs to target viral regions that remain relatively stable across variants. Now, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $16.4 million over five years to establish a new U19 "Cooperative Center for Rational HCV Vaccine Design & Evaluation," which will bring together scientists across Scripps Research, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the University of Pennsylvania, and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) to uncover how the virus escapes immune responses and create vaccine candidates designed to trigger strong antibody and T cell immune protection. There are certain human viral diseases that can be eradicated if we plan for it, and I think that could happen for hepatitis C. This virus is very strictly human, and that means if there's a vaccine to prevent new infection, and we have the means to contain the last bit of virus, there's a chance we could eradicate...

People who inject drugs (PWID) face complications from injection drug use (IDU), including drug overdoses and infections (HIV, hepatitis C virus [HCV], and other serious injection-related infections). Decision makers need estimates of clinical outcomes and costs to plan health service programs and allocate resources.MethodWe developed a microsimulation model, the Multimorbidity model to Reduce Infections Associated with Drug use (MYRIAD), with inputs derived from published data. We projected key clinical outcomes and costs in PWID in the United States from 2025 to 2034: new HIV and HCV cases, hospitalizations for severe injection-related infections (eg, endocarditis), and deaths from drug overdose and injection-related infections. We varied multiple parameters in deterministic sensitivity analyses and varied overdose death risk in scenario analyses.ResultsFor 3.3 million PWID over 10 years, we estimate that 29 715 new HIV infections, 218 186 new HCV infections or reinfections, and 1 714 773 hospitalizations from severe injection-related infections will occur. We project 487 249 deaths from IDU: 348 650 from drug overdose, 37 658 from severe injection-related infections, 90 486 from HCV, and 10 455 from HIV. Healthcare costs from IDU are projected to exceed $565 billion, with $431 billion from drug use and $135 billion from injection-related infections.ConclusionsThe United States will face increasing IDU-related deaths and healthcare costs over the next decade with current levels of care. Although deaths are driven primarily by drug overdose, many are from injection-related infections. Interventions that concurrently prevent and treat drug overdose and injection-related infections are urgently needed to curb morbidity and mortality among PWID.