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| Marchand,Chloe Le; Bahia,Fabianna; Page,Kimberly; Brites,Carlos. |
| ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: While 20-40% of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) monoinfection will spontaneously clear the virus, less is known regarding clearance with coinfections. HCV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and human T-cell lymphotrophic virus 1 and 2 (HTLV-1/2) coinfection occurs due to shared routes of transmission and is prevalent in Brazil.OBJECTIVES:To compare the proportion of patients who have spontaneously cleared HCV in patients with HCV monoinfection to patients coinfected by HCV/HIV, or HCV/HIV/HTLV-1.METHODS:Using medical records from two clinics in Salvador, Brazil, including demographic data and serological markers of HCV, HIV and HTLV-I/II, cross-sectional data was obtained from 197 patients. Patients who were anti-HCV positive... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HTLV-1; HIV; Hepatitis C; Brazil; Spontaneous HCV clearance. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702015000500486 |
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