Awareness of Hepatitis C Diagnosis is Associated with Less Alcohol Use Among Persons Co-Infected with HIV

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE It is unknown whether testing HIV-infected individuals for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and informing them of their HCV status impacts subsequent alcohol use. We hypothesized that HIV-infected individuals with current or past alcohol problems who reported being told they had HCV were more likely to 1) abstain from alcohol and 2) not drink unhealthy amounts compared to individuals who had not been told.