Potential biases in estimates of hepatitis C RNA clearance in newly acquired hepatitis C infection among a cohort of injecting drug users. Export

@article{citeulike:853320, abstract = {Estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance following acute infection range from 14 to 46\%. This wide range is likely to be due to the characteristics of the populations studied and analysis methods. This paper examines how differing definitions of clearance parameters affect estimates of viral clearance in a cohort of 85 injecting drug users with newly acquired HCV infection. Kaplan-Meier estimates of time to HCV clearance were determined using varying definitions of eligible cohort, viral clearance, date of infection and date of clearance. Based on which combinations of definitions were used, the number of subjects eligible for analysis ranged from 27 to 75, clearance rate ranged from 14 to 68\% and time to achieving 25\% clearance ranged from approximately 5 months to 14 months. Standardized definitions and methodologies are required to enable valid comparisons of rates of clearance across newly acquired HCV infection natural history studies.}, address = {National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.}, author = {Amin, J and Law, M G G. and Micallef, J and Jauncey, M and VAN Beek, I and Kaldor, J M M. and Dore, G J J.}, citeulike-article-id = {853320}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806006388}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16707030}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16707030}, day = {17}, doi = {10.1017/S0950268806006388}, issn = {0950-2688}, journal = {Epidemiol Infect}, keywords = {acute, clearance, hcv, idu}, month = {May}, pages = {1--7}, posted-at = {2006-09-21 18:56:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Potential biases in estimates of hepatitis C RNA clearance in newly acquired hepatitis C infection among a cohort of injecting drug users.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806006388}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:853320 L3 - citeulike-article-id:853320 N2 - Estimates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance following acute infection range from 14 to 46%. This wide range is likely to be due to the characteristics of the populations studied and analysis methods. This paper examines how differing definitions of clearance parameters affect estimates of viral clearance in a cohort of 85 injecting drug users with newly acquired HCV infection. Kaplan-Meier estimates of time to HCV clearance were determined using varying definitions of eligible cohort, viral clearance, date of infection and date of clearance. Based on which combinations of definitions were used, the number of subjects eligible for analysis ranged from 27 to 75, clearance rate ranged from 14 to 68% and time to achieving 25% clearance ranged from approximately 5 months to 14 months. Standardized definitions and methodologies are required to enable valid comparisons of rates of clearance across newly acquired HCV infection natural history studies. JF - Epidemiol Infect SN - 0950-2688 AD - National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. EP - 7 TI - Potential biases in estimates of hepatitis C RNA clearance in newly acquired hepatitis C infection among a cohort of injecting drug users. SP - 1 KW - acute KW - clearance KW - hcv KW - idu AU - Amin, J AU - Law, M G AU - Micallef, J AU - Jauncey, M AU - VAN Beek, I AU - Kaldor, J M AU - Dore, G J PY - 2006/05/17/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268806006388 ER -