High Prevalence of Hepatitis Delta Virus among Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and HIV-1 in an Intermediate Hepatitis B Virus Endemic Region

• Published in: Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 85 - 90
• Main Authors: Saravanan, Shanmugam, Madhavan, Vidya, Velu, Vijayakumar, Murugavel, Kailapuri G., Waldrop, Greer, Solomon, Sunil S., Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Smith, Davey M., Mayer, Kenneth H., Solomon, Suniti, Thyagarajan, Sadras P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2014; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood diseases; Child; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - virology; Endemic Diseases; Female; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B, Chronic - epidemiology; Hepatitis B, Chronic - virology; Hepatitis D - blood; Hepatitis D - epidemiology; Hepatitis D - immunology; Hepatitis D - virology; Hepatitis delta virus; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - virology; HIV-1 - isolation & purification; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; India - epidemiology; Infections; Interferon; Liver cirrhosis; Male; Middle Aged; Patients; Prevalence; India; hepatitis B virus (HBV); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); hepatitis delta virus (HDV); coinfection in India

We conducted a study to investigate HIV and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) coinfection among patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the triple infection’s (HIV/HBV/HDV) clinical implications in India, an intermediate HBV endemic region, with an estimated HIV-positive population of...