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An estimated 4-5 million people in the US have been infected with hepatitis C, though not all still have chronic infections. Over 1 million people in the US have HIV/AIDS, and 25-30% of them are coinfected with HCV. Worldwide around 4-5 million people are coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C, with coinfection rates among HIV-positive individuals ranging from around 9% in the UK to almost 50% in Spain and Italy, and as high as 60-70% among injection drug users in various countries including some US urban area

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Sameer Aum

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