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imnot6

05/31/06 11:30 AM

#29388 RE: DewDiligence #29381

Quiz: What percent of HIV+ individuals in the U.S. have chronic HCV infection?

25% of those in US that are HIV-pos are HCV-coinfected

What percent of treatment-naïve individuals in the U.S. who have chronic HCV infection will benefit from therapy with currently approved drugs?

50% of overall pop of treatment-naïve people will have no detectable virus in the blood ("=cure") after treatment, much lower (~30%) for HIV+/HCV coinfectees