High incidence and persistence of hepatitis B virus infection in individuals receiving HIV care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 847
• Main Authors: Msomi, Nokukhanya, Naidoo, Kogieleum, Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla, Padayatchi, Nesri, Govender, Kerusha, Singh, Jerome Amir, Abdool-Karim, Salim, Abdool-Karim, Quarraisha, Mlisana, Koleka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 16.11.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - virology; Analysis; Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Care and treatment; Coinfection - epidemiology; Coinfection - virology; Comorbidity; Complications and side effects; Confidence intervals; Diagnosis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; HBV incidence; Health risks; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis B - diagnosis; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis B - virology; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - immunology; Hepatitis B virus - immunology; HIV; HIV infections; HIV/HBV coinfection; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunization; Immunosuppression; Incidence; Infections; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Male; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Patients; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; South Africa; South Africa - epidemiology; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Viruses; Young Adult; South Africa; Africa; HBV incidence; South Africa; HIV/HBV coinfection

Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) are common infections in South Africa. We utilized the opportunity of care provision for HIV-TB co-infected patients to better understand the relationship between these coinfections, determine the magnitude of the prob...