Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique

Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had...

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Autores principales: Wandeler, Gilles, Mulenga, Lloyd, Hobbins, Michael, Joao, Candido, Sinkala, Edford, Hector, Jonas, Aly, Musa, Chi, Benjamin H., Egger, Matthias, Vinikoor, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4817087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27047986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw049
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Sumario:Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication.

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