Virological and clinical aspects of HBV-HCV coinfection in HIV positive patients |
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Authors: | Filippini Pietro Coppola Nicola Pisapia Raffaella Martini Salvatore Marrocco Cecilia Di Martino Filomena Sagnelli Caterina Filippini Alberico Sagnelli Evangelista |
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Institution: | Department of Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. |
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Abstract: | In a long-term follow-up study the clinical and virological presentation of HBV/HCV coinfection in anti-HIV positive patients was evaluated. Plasma HBV-DNA, HCV-RNA, and HIV-RNA were determined by PCR in 5 HBsAg/anti-HCV/anti-HIV positive patients, in 4 HBsAg/anti-HIV positive patients and in 82 anti-HCV/anti-HIV positive patients first observed at a Unit of Infectious Diseases in Naples (Italy) from 1990 to 2000 (follow up 6-16 years). All five hepatitis B and C coinfected patients showed reciprocal inhibition of viral replication on admission and during the follow up. At the end of the follow up a clearance of HBsAg from serum was observed in four patients and a clearance of anti-HCV in one of them. In two patients after clearance of HBsAg, evidence of occult HBV infection was observed, at times associated with a hepatic flare. None of the four patients with HIV/HBV coinfection lost HBsAg and none of the 82 with HIV/HCV coinfection lost anti-HCV during the follow up. In anti-HIV positive patients HBV/HCV coinfection is characterized by reciprocal inhibition of viral replication, more evident in HBV expression in plasma and at times by progression to occult HBV infection. |
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Keywords: | HBV/HCV coinfection HBV/HIV coinfection HCV/HIV coinfection antiretroviral treatment occult HBV infection |
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