{"id":480,"date":"2012-04-27T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=480"},"modified":"2024-02-26T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T16:52:29","slug":"hepatitis-c-reinfection-might-be-higher-than-previously-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/hepatitis-c-reinfection-might-be-higher-than-previously-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Hepatitis C reinfection may be higher than previously thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A study, in the 1 May 2012 Journal of Infections Diseases, says that the incidence of reinfection with Hepatitis C after the body has cleared the virus may be higher than previously thought.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7732\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/male-friend-group-5-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was thought that most people are not able to clear the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) but those that did (approximately one in four) would not have immunity for life, this has implications for the development of the Hepatitis C vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Jason Grebeley of the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, one of the authors of the study, told delegates at the International Liver Congress in Barcelona: \u201cAre we detecting re-infection or failure of treatment? It depends on the [viral] sequence being examined,\u201d he told a symposium on hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevention and treatment in injecting drug users, organised by the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also thought that people who clear the Hepatitis C virus continue with their high risk behaviour and so are likely to get infected again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further details of the study on reinfection can be read about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aidsmap.com\/Incidence-of-hepatitis-C-re-infection-and-clearance-may-be-understimated\/page\/2327014\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better2Know can test for Hepatitis C just 10 days after potential exposure along with Hepatitis B and HIV.&nbsp; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/std-sti-testing\/hepatitis-c\">Hepatitis C Test <\/a>is available at all of our clinics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study, in the 1 May 2012 Journal of Infections Diseases, says that the incidence of reinfection with Hepatitis C after the body has cleared the virus may be higher than previously thought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[937,2858,986,2859,2857,2855,944,936,2856,942,655,2861,628,706,1832,602,639,2860],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8105,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/8105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}