Hepatitis C (HCV) among Black and Latino sexual minority men (SMM) in the Southern United States: Protocol of a prospective cohort epidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sexual minority men (SMM) who engage in condomless anal sex and injection drug use are at increased risk for viral Hepatitis C (HCV) infection. Additionally, studies have found racial disparities in HCV cases across the United States. However, very few epidemiological studies have examined factors associated with HCV infection in HIV-negative Black and Latino SMM. This paper describes the rationale, design, and methodology of a prospective epidemiological study to quantify the HCV prevalence and incidence and investigate the individual and environmental-level predictors of HCV infection among HIV-negative, Black and Latino SMM in the Southern U.S.

Methods

Beginning in September 2021, 400 Black and Latino SMM, aged 18 years and above, will be identified, recruited

SUBMITTER: Ogunbajo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10325100 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature