Association of Patients' Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Perez Cachafeiro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358181 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature