Prevalence of hepatitis B and C in the sera of patients with HIV infection in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Maria Cássia J. Mendes-corrÊa¹  Antonio Alci Barone²  Norma De Paula Cavalheiro²  Fátima Mitiko Tengan²  Cristina Guastini¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo School of Medicine Infectious Diseases DepartmentSão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Hepatitis C;    HIV;    Hepatitis B;    Epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652000000200004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis B and C viruses in a group of HIV infected patients, followed at a single institution since 1996. 1,693 HIV positive patients (1,162 male, 531 female) were tested for HBV infection. Virological markers for HBV included HBsAg and total anti-HBc by ELISA. 1,457 patients (1,009 male, 448 female) were tested for HCV infection. Detection of HCV antibodies was carried out by ELISA. A sample of HCV antibody positive patients was tested for HCV by PCR to confirm infection. Of 1,693 patients tested for HBV, 654 (38.6%) and 96 (5.7%) were anti-HBc and HBsAg positive, respectively. Of 1,457 patients tested for HCV, 258 (17.7%) were anti-HCV positive. 82 of these patients were also tested by PCR and 81 were positive (98%). Of 1,411 patients tested for HBV and HCV 26 (1.8%) were positive for both viruses.

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