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This information sheet explore some of the similarities and differences between HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), including how long each virus lives outside of the body, disease progression, and treatment.

This guide is designed to help patients understand and manage HIV/HCV coinfection. The guide states that infection of HCV is the most common coinfection in people with HIV, is categorized as an HIV-related opportunistic illness, and is now the leading cause of death in people with HIV. It also...

This guide is designed as a general guide to understanding and manage being infected with both hepatitis and HIV. Topics include testing, liver basics, transmission, symptoms, herbs, treatments, and staying healthy. The guide recommends that everyone with HIV get tested for hepatitis C.

This information sheet discusses hepatitis C, how it's spread, co-infection with HIV, statistics of hepatitis C in Texas, how it's prevented, how it's treated, and the cost of treatment.

This information sheet discusses tests that gay men should have, including hepatitis, HIV, and STDs. It encourages gay men to have testing on a regular basis and not wait until there are symptoms. It also suggests speaking to a health professional about PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.

This information sheet discusses tests that gay men should have, including hepatitis, HIV, and STDs. It explains the different testing methods for diseases.

The IHS maintains a website of locally developed and culturally relevant patient education handouts on a wide variety of diseases and topics that can easily be opened in Word and printed. Each handout contains corresponding patient education codes that should be documented when reviewing these...