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| Mendes-Corrêa,Maria Cássia; Martins,LG; Ferreira,PA; Tenore,S; Leite,OH; Leite,AG; Cavalcante,AJW; Shimose,M; Silva,MH; Uip,DE; Abrão Ferreira,PR. |
| The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of barriers to interferon treatment in a population of HIV/HCV coinfected patients. A cross-sectional study was conducted at two AIDS Outpatient Clinics in Brazil. The study included all HIV infected patients followed at these institutions from January 2005 to November 2007. Medical records of 2,024 HIV-infected patients were evaluated. The prevalence of anti-HCV positive patients among them was 16.7%. Medical records of HCV/HIV coinfected patients were analyzed. 189 patients with the following characteristics were included in our study: mean age 43 years; male gender 65%; former IDUs (52%); HCV genotype 1 (66.4%); HCV genotype 3 (30.5%); median CD4+ T cell count was 340 cells/mm³. Among 189 patients... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C; HIV; Coinfected; Treatment. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702010000300007 |
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