HBV and HIV viral load but not microbial translocation or immune activation are associated with liver fibrosis among patients in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Co-infection with HIV negatively impacts the progression of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, including causing rapid progression to liver fibrosis. Sub-Saharan Africa represents arguably the most important intersection of high endemicity of both chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)...

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Autores principales: Maponga, Tongai Gibson, Andersson, Monique I., van Rensburg, Christoffel J., Arends, Joop E., Taljaard, Jantjie, Preiser, Wolfgang, Glashoff, Richard H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3115-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5941637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29739341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3115-8

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