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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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author 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
author_facet Cachafeiro, Santiago Pérez
Caro-Murillo, Ana María
Berenguer, Juan
Segura, Ferran
Gutiérrez, Felix
Vidal, Francesc
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Sola, Julio
Muga, Roberto
Moreno, Santiago
Del Amo, Julia
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description 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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spelling pubmed-33581812012-05-23 Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3358181/ /pubmed/21749785 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.091810 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Cachafeiro, Santiago Pérez
Caro-Murillo, Ana María
Berenguer, Juan
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Gutiérrez, Felix
Vidal, Francesc
Martínez-Pérez, Maria Ángeles
Sola, Julio
Muga, Roberto
Moreno, Santiago
Del Amo, Julia
Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain
title Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain
title_full Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain
title_fullStr Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain
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title_short Association of Patients’ Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain
title_sort association of patients’ geographic origins with viral hepatitis co-infection patterns, spain
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url 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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