HIV/AIDS coinfection with the hepatitis B and C viruses in Brazil

The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfections among AIDS cases reported in Brazil, and to describe the epidemiological profile of these cases. Coinfection was identified through probabilistic record linkage of the data of all patients carrying the HIV virus...

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Main Authors: Silvano Barbosa de Oliveira, Edgar Merchan-Hamann, Leila Denise Alves Ferreira Amorim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2014-02-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
VIH
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2014000200433&lng=en&tlng=en