Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain

To determine if hepatitis C virus seropositivity and active hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-positive patients vary with patients’ geographic origins, we studied co-infections in HIV-seropositive adults. Active hepatitis B infection was more prevalent in persons from Africa, and hepatitis C seropo...

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Autores principales: Cachafeiro, Santiago Pérez, Caro-Murillo, Ana María, Berenguer, Juan, Segura, Ferran, Gutiérrez, Felix, Vidal, Francesc, Martínez-Pérez, Maria Ángeles, Sola, Julio, Muga, Roberto, Moreno, Santiago, Del Amo, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21749785
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.091810
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Sumario:To determine if hepatitis C virus seropositivity and active hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-positive patients vary with patients’ geographic origins, we studied co-infections in HIV-seropositive adults. Active hepatitis B infection was more prevalent in persons from Africa, and hepatitis C seropositivity was more common in persons from eastern Europe.

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