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Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B and C Co-Infection in HIV Positive Patients from a Tertiary Care Hospital
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ahuja, Sanjiv Malhotra, Shalini Chauhan, Ankit Hans, Charoo |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | The co-infection of Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C virus with HIV accelerates disease progression and may complicate the management of patients infected with HIV. This study is planned to evaluate the prevalence of HIV co-infection with Hepatitis B and C viruses in Central Delhi and adjoining areas. A total of 877 patients enrolled in the ART centre were retrospectively analyzed for the presence of HBV and HCV on the basis of the presence of HBsAg and anti-HCV (Ig G). In 877 HIV seropositive patients, 43 (4.9%) were positive for HBV and 15 (1.7%) for HCV and no case was simultaneously positive for both HBV and HCV. The prevalence rate of co-infection of HCV as compared to HBV with HIV is more in Western countries and is vice-versa in Indian sub-continent due to diverse factors. Having acquired the knowledge about the importance of such a coinfection, it is essential that all the HIV infected patients be screened for HBV and HCV co-infection. tested in duplicate and if both duplicate retest sample absorbance value was less than the cut off value, the specimen was considered non-reactive. If any one of the duplicate retest absorbance value was found to be equal to or greater than the cut off, the specimen was considered to be reactive for HBsAg/HCV Ig G antibodies. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://medind.nic.in/jav/t13/i2/javt13i2p91.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
