Alexander Monto, MD
Research Interests
My research interest is in hepatitis C virus (HCV) variants and immune responses in injection drug users. We are examining rates of re-infection or genotype switching over time, describing rates and predictors of liver disease progression and examining causes of death. We are also comparing hematological and virological changes during interferon-based therapy in subjects with HCV alone to those with HIV-HCV co-infection.
Selected Publications
- Monto A, Kakar S, Dove LM, Bostrom A, Miller EL, Wright TL. Contributions to hepatic fibrosis in HIV-HCV coinfected and HCV monoinfected patients. Am J of Gastroenterol 2006;101:1509-1515.
- Seal KH, Monto A , Dove L, Shen H, Vittinghoff E, Tracy D, Miller E, Lau E, Wright TL. The association of human immunodeficiency virus infection with spontaneous hepatitis C virus resolution and level of viremia among injection drug users. Dig Dis Sci 2007; 52: 3423-3430.
- Currie SL, Ryan JC, Tracy D, Wright TL, George S, McQuaid R, Kim M, Shen H, Monto A. A prospective study to examine persistent HCV reinfection in injection drug users who have previously cleared the virus. Drug Alcohol Depend 2008;93:148-154.
- Assistant Professor
- Medicine/Gastroenterology
Research Theme
- Liver Injury and Repair
Contact Information
- alex.monto@
ucsf.edu - Phone: (415) 221-4810 x 2958
- VA Medical Center
- 4150 Clement St.
- Box 111B
- San Francisco, CA 94121