HEPATITIS B, C AND HIV CO-INFECTIONS SEROPREVALENCE IN A NORTHEAST BRAZILIAN CENTER

Context The occurrence of HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) virus associations is of great concern since co-infected patients respond poorly to antiviral treatment and usually progress to chronic and more complicated hepatic disease. In Brazil, these co-infections prevalence is not well known si...

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Main Authors: Lara Gurgel Fernandes TAVORA, Elodie Bomfim HYPPOLITO, Jose Napoleao Monte da CRUZ, Nyvia Maria Barroso PORTELA, Samuel Montenegro PEREIRA, Camila Monteiro VERAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2013-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032013000400277&lng=en&tlng=en