Hepatitis C and HIV co-infection: A review

Table 1 The incidence of HCV and HIV infection by special population[7]

	% HCV Infection	% HIV
IV Drug Users	60%	31%
Homosexual Men	Unclear	47%
Heterosexual Men	20%	10%
Transfusion < 1992	7%-20%	2%
Occupational	< 1%	< 1%
Unknown	10%	9%

Table 2 Similarities and differences of HCV and HIV[11]

Statistics	HCV	HIV
U.S. Infected	4 million	1 million
Globally Infected	60-180 million	45 million
Primary transmission	Blood	Sex
Treatment Cure	Yes (40%)	No
T1/2	2.3	6.4
Daily Replication	1012-1013	109-1010
Mutation Rates	10-3-10-4	10-3-10-4