HIV, hepatitis C coinfection drives MI risk with increasing age

People with HIV and untreated hepatitis C virus have an 85% higher risk for type 1 MI per each 10-year increase in age, researchers reported.In addition, those with HIV without hepatitis C coinfection have a 30% increased risk for MI 10-year increase in age, the researchers wrote.“HIV and hepatitis C coinfection occurs because they share a transmission route — both viruses may be transmitted through blood-to-blood contact,” Keri N. Althoff, PhD, MPH, associate professor in the department of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in a pressRead More