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Epidemiological and virological features of HBV infection in HIV-2 infected patients living in southeastern France.
European journal of epidemiology - 1 Jan 2006
Colson Philippe, Henry Mireille, Motte Anne, Gallais Hervé, Moreau Jacques, Poizot-Martin Isabelle, Tamalet Catherine
Abstract excerpt
We studied HBV infection in 34 HIV-2-infected patients followed-up in Marseilles. Ten (29%) patients were chronically-infected with HBV, which represents a three-times higher rate than in HIV-1-infected patients in Europe. HBV occult infection was diagnosed in two patients. HBV genotype E was found in seven patients; its specificities and the reciprocal influence of HIV-2/HBV-co-infection remain to be evaluated.
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