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| Eduardo Lorens,Braga; André Castro,Lyra; Fabrizio,Ney-Oliveira; Lourianne,Nascimento; Adriano,Silva; Carlos,Brites; Rosicreuza,Marbak; Luiz Guilherme Costa,Lyra; Manuel L.,Ribeiro Neto; Koonj Asvin,Shah. |
| Co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasingly common and affects the clinical course of chronic hepatitis C. Highly active antiretroviral therapy has improved the life expectancy of HIV infected patients, but, by extending survival, it permits the development of HCV cirrhosis. This study tried to evaluate clinical and epidemiological features of patients with chronic hepatitis C co-infected with HIV. We evaluated 134 HCV-infected patients: i) group A - 65 co-infected HCV/HIV patients, ii) group B - 69 mono-infected HCV patients. The impact of HIV infection on HCV liver disease was analyzed using Child's score, ultrasound findings and liver histology. Patients were subjected to HCV genotyping and anti-HBs... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C; HIV; Co-infection; Clinical course; HCV genotype. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702006000100004 |
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