Sero-prevalence of Anti-HCV in HIV Infected Patients.
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2011-06
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is known to influence the natural
history of infections with certain hepatitis viruses and interactions
between HIV and hepatitis viruses may potentiate HIV replication.
There is high degree of epidemiological similarity between hepatitis B
virus and HIV as regard to high-risk group and route of transmission.
Limited information is available about the prevalence of hepatitis C
virus in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in relation to
specific risk factors or about the influence of hepatitis C virus
coinfection on survival. Present study deals with the study of concurrent
infection of HCV with HIV infection. In the study of 110 HIV
seropositive patients, 6 (5.45%) were positive for HCV. The difference
was highly significant compared to controls (p value < 0.0001). The
studies of association of HCV in HIV cases are rare in India. Therefore
the present study was undertaken to look at the prevalence of HCV in
different groups and different stages of HIV infected patients.
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HIV, HCV
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Sonth Suresh B, Satyhanarayana M S, Mariraj J, Krishna S. Sero-prevalence of Anti-HCV in HIV Infected Patients. Journal of Communicable Diseases. 2011 Jun; 43(2): 151-154.