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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Viral Hepat. 2017 Jan 23;24(5):359–370. doi: 10.1111/jvh.12666

Table 2.

Detailed demographic, behavioural and virological characteristics of participants with HCV reinfection (n=10)

Gender, age1 HIV Mode of primary HCV IDU HCV genotype Region sequenced Time between EOT and reinfection (weeks) ALT Reinfection outcome
At screening2 During follow-up Primary Reinfection EOT Reinfection
Confirmed reinfection
Male
29
No IDU Yes Yes 3a 1a E1/HVR1 18 21 53 Spontaneous clearance
Male
49
Yes IDU Yes Yes 3a/1a 3a/1a Core-E2 81 83 1135 Persistence
Male
36
No IDU Yes Yes 1a 3a E1/HVR1
Core-E2
30 26 319 Persistence
Male
44
Yes Sexual No No 2a 1a/3a Core-E2 40 58 565 Indeterminate
Male
50
Yes Sexual No Yes 1a 1a NS5B 65 18 15 Indeterminate
Male
62
Yes IDU Yes Yes 3a 1a Core-E2
NS5B
39 15 65 Persistence
Male
45
Yes Sexual No No 1a 1a Core-E2
NS5B
18 29 54 Persistence
Male
41
Yes IDU Yes Yes 3a 1a Core-E2
NS5B
9 23 910 Persistence

Possible reinfection
Male
35
No IDU Yes Yes 3a NA3 InnoLipa 31 15 14 Spontaneous clearance
Male
46
Yes Sexual No Yes4 1a NA3 InnoLipa 64 71 43 Spontaneous clearance
1

Age at study enrolment

2

IDU within 6 months of study enrolment

3

Unable to sequence due to low HCV RNA at time of viral recurrence

4

Anabolic steroids

Abbreviations: ALT, alanine aminotransferase; EOT, end of treatment; IDU, injecting drug use1 ALT, normal range 0–30 U/L