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Session 104   Poster Presentations
HCV: Epidemiology, Natural History, Pathogenesis, and Impact on HCV Progression
Wednesday 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Hall B
827Recent Trends in HIV-related Hospitalizations by Selected Diagnoses: A 12-state Study
K. A. Gebo*1, J. A. Fleishman2, R. D. Moore1
1Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD and 2Agency for Hlthcare Res and Quality, Rockville, MD
828Impact of Hepatitis C, HIV, or Both on Survival in Veterans in Care Before and After the Introduction of HAART (1996)
S. L. Fultz*1,2, A. C. Justice1,2, C. H. Chang2,3, A. A. Butt1,2, M. Skanderson1, D. Rimland4, M. O. Rigsby5,6
1Veterans Admin Pittsburgh Hlthcare Sys, PA; 2Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, PA; 3Univ of Pittsburgh Graduate Sch of Publ Hlth, PA; 4Veterans Admin Med Ctr, Atlanta, GA; 5Publ Hlth Strategic Hlthcare Group, Veterans Admin, Washington, DC; and 6Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven, CT
829The Association of Hepatitis C Virus Prevalence, Activity, and Genotype with HIV Infection in a Cohort of New York City Drug Users
L. Strasfeld1, Y. Lo1, D. Netski2, D. L. Thomas2, R. S. Klein*1
1Montefiore Med Ctr, Albert Einstein Coll of Med, Bronx, NY and 2Johns Hopkins Sch of Med, Baltimore, MD
830Histological Damage in Liver Biopsy Specimens from 492 HIV-HCV Co-infected Patients: A European Collaborative Study
L. Martin-Carbonero*1, V. Soriano1, Y. Benhamou2, M. Puoti3, J. Rockstroh4, A. Arizcorreta5, J.A. Giron5, V. Asensi6, A. González7, M. Vogel4, J. Garcia-Samaniego1
1Inst de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; 2Hosp Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France; 3Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; 4Univ Hosp Bonn, Germany; 5Hosp Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain; 6Hosp Gen Oviedo, Spain; and 7Ctrs Penitenciarios, Madrid, Spain
831Progression of Liver Histological Status in HIV Hepatitis C Virus Co-infected Patients Started on HAART: A Prospective Study
H. Zylberberg1, C. Barennes*2, F. Carnot3, M.-L. Chaix1, J.-P. Viard1, M. Savès2, G. Vona4, M. Bentata5, M. Diemer6, D. Zucman7, V. Baillat8, S. Pol1, C. Bréchot1, C. Rouzioux1, G. Chêne2
1Necker Hosp, Paris, France; 2INSERM U330, Bordeaux, France; 3Georges Pompidou Hosp, Paris, France; 4INSERM U370, Paris, France; 5Avicenne Hosp, Bobigny, France; 6Lariboisière Hosp, Paris, France; 7Foch Hosp, Suresnes, France; and 8Gui de Chauliac Hosp, Montpellier, France
832High Frequency of CCR5-delta32 Homozygosity in HCV-infected, HIV-1 Uninfected Hemophiliacs Results from Resistance to HIV-1
M. Zhang, J. J. Goedert, T. R. O'Brien*
Natl Cancer Inst, Rockville, MD
833Hepatitis C Virus Load Measured Prior to HIV Seroconversion is not Associated with Subsequent HIV Disease Progression in Injection Drug Users
M. S. Sulkowski*1, J. Astemborski1, D. Vlahov1,2, S. A. Strathdee1, D. L. Thomas1
1Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD and 2New York Academy of Med, New York
834Soluble Cellular Adhesion Molecules in HIV+ Individuals Reflect Severity of HIV and HCV Disease, but Not Metabolic Risk Factors
G. W. Beatty*1, J. W. Chu3, F. Abbasi3, M. Khalili1, J. Schmidt1, A. Vijay1, P. S. Tsao3, G. M. Reaven3
1Univ of California at San Francisco and 3Stanford Univ Sch of Med, Palo Alto, CA
835A Model for Predicting Liver Fibrosis Using Non-invasive Biochemical Markers When Biopsy is Not Appropriate
R Goodman*1, M French1, L Moorehead1, D Dieterich2, M Sulkowski3
1Hepatitis Resource Network, Puyallup, WA; 2Mt Sinai Sch of Med, New York, NY; and 3Johns Hopkins Med Inst, Baltimore MD
836Hepatitis C Increases the Risk of DM in HIV-infected Veterans in Care
A. A. Butt*1,2,3, A. C. Justice1,2,3, S. L. Fultz1,2,3
1Univ of Pittsburgh, PA; 2VA Pittsburgh Hlthcare Sys, PA; and 3Ctr for Hlth Equity Res and Promotion, Pittsburgh, PA
837Frequent Detection of ex vivo CD8+ Responses against Hepatitis C Virus in HIV Co-infected Individuals on HAART
A. Y. Kim*1, G. M. Lauer1, K. Ouchi1, C. L. Day1, R. T. Chung1, C. Corcoran1, M. A. Boczanowski1, A. Wurcel1, P. Klenerman2, Bruce D Walker1
1Partners AIDS Res Ctr, Charlestown, MA and 2Oxford Univ, UK
838Pre-terminally Differentiated Hepatitis C-specific CD8+ T-cells Represent the Dominant Cell Population of Memory CD8 T-cells in Chronically Infected Patients
M. Knuchel*, D. Ciuffreda, M. Khonkarly, M. Gillet, J-J. Gonvers, G. Pantaleo
CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland
839The Association of Hepatitis C Virus-specific Immune Responses with Liver Histology and Treatment Outcomes in Subjects with HIV/HCV Co-infection
C. Graham*1, A. Wells1, T. Liu2, K. Sherman3, M. Peters4, R. Chung5, J. Andersen2, M. Koziel1, the ACTG 5071 Study Team6
1Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr and Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA; 2Harvard Sch of Public Hlth, Boston, MA; 3Univ of Cincinnati, OH; 4Univ of California at San Francisco; 5Massachusetts Gen Hosp and Harvard Med Sch, Boston; and 6The AIDS Clin Trial Group
840Plasma Cytokine Profiles during Acute Infection with HIV or Hepatitis C Virus
B. Pappalardo*, M. Busch
Blood Ctrs of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA