Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2022 Dec;11(1):1664-1671. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2081620.
To reach the WHO target of hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination by 2025, Taiwan started to implement free-of-charge direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment programme in 2017. Evaluating the progress of HCV microelimination among people living with HIV (PLWH) is a critical step to identify the barriers to HCV elimination. PLWH seeking care at a major hospital designated for HIV care in Taiwan between January 2011 and December 2021 were retrospectively included. For PLWH with HCV-seropositive or HCV seroconversion during the study period, serial HCV RNA testing was performed using archived samples to confirm the presence of HCV viremia and estimate the prevalence and incidence of HCV viremia. Overall, 4199 PLWH contributed to a total of 27,258.75 person-years of follow-up (PYFU). With the reimbursement of DAAs and improvement of access to treatments, the prevalence of HCV viremia has declined from its peak of 6.21% (95% CI, 5.39-7.12%) in 2018 to 2.09% (95% CI, 1.60-2.77%) in 2021 (decline by 66.4% [95% CI, 55.4-74.7%]); the incidence has declined from 25.94 per 1000 PYFU (95% CI, 20.44-32.47) in 2019 to 12.15% per 1000 PYFU (95% CI, 8.14-17.44) (decline by 53.2% [95% CI, 27.3-70.6%]). However, the proportion of HCV reinfections continued to increase and accounted for 82.8% of incident HCV infections in 2021. We observed significant declines of HCV viremia among PLWH with the expansion of the DAA treatment programme in Taiwan. Further improvement of the access to DAA retreatments is warranted to achieve the goal of HCV microelimination.
为了实现世界卫生组织(WHO)到 2025 年消除丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)的目标,台湾自 2017 年开始实施免费直接作用抗病毒(DAA)治疗计划。评估艾滋病毒感染者(PLWH)中 HCV 微消除的进展是确定消除 HCV 障碍的关键步骤。本研究回顾性纳入了 2011 年 1 月至 2021 年 12 月间在台湾一家专门治疗 HIV 的主要医院就诊的 PLWH。对于在研究期间 HCV 血清阳性或 HCV 血清转换的 PLWH,使用存档样本进行 HCV RNA 检测以确认 HCV 病毒血症的存在,并估计 HCV 病毒血症的患病率和发病率。总体而言,4199 名 PLWH 共随访 27258.75 人年(PYFU)。随着 DAA 的报销和治疗机会的改善,HCV 病毒血症的患病率已从 2018 年的 6.21%(95%CI,5.39-7.12%)的峰值下降到 2021 年的 2.09%(95%CI,1.60-2.77%)(下降 66.4%[95%CI,55.4-74.7%]);发病率从 2019 年的每 1000 PYFU 25.94 例(95%CI,20.44-32.47)下降到 12.15%每 1000 PYFU(95%CI,8.14-17.44)(下降 53.2%[95%CI,27.3-70.6%])。然而,HCV 再感染的比例继续增加,占 2021 年 HCV 感染的 82.8%。我们观察到随着台湾 DAA 治疗计划的扩大,PLWH 中的 HCV 病毒血症显著下降。需要进一步改善 DAA 再治疗的机会,以实现 HCV 微消除的目标。
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