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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2011 Mar 14;11(6):1188–1200. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03460.x

Table 3.

Studies of HCV Prevalence Among Men who Have Sex with Men

Study Location Population Recruitment # Tested # Infected Percent
Infected
Hwang et al 2006 (33) Houston, Texas College students from 8 campuses who identify as MSM Target 142 6 4.2
Hammer et al 2003 (32) San Francisco, California HIV counseling testing patients who received multiple tests and identify as MSM and do not report IDU Convenience 746 15 2.0
Rosenberg et al 2001 (34) Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina Patients at mental health treatment centers who identify as MSM Convenience 108 22 20.3
Dominitz et al 2005 (31) United States Patients at VA medical centers who identify as MSM Cluster Sampling 47 1 2.1
Cohen et al 2006 (30) Boston, MA Patients receiving care at a free clinic who identified as MSM Convenience 218 25 11.5
Roy et al 2001 (35) Vancouver, Canada Homeless street youth who report a homosexual partner Target 80 17 21.3