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Detection of hepatitis B virus variants in HBV monoinfected and HBV/HIV coinfected Iranian patients under lamivudine treatment.
Current HIV research - 1 Jun 2011
Aghasadeghi Mohammad Reza, Bahramali Golnaz, Sadat Seyed Mehdi, Farahani Ahmad, Mohraz Minoo, Davar Siadat Seyed, Mostafavi Ehsan, Memarnejadian Arash, Ardestani Mehdi Shafiee, Vahabpour Rouhollah, Saraji Alireza Azizi, Delbaz Seyed Ail
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B affects nearly 10% of HIV-infected patients. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a dynamic disease and coinfection with HIV impacts directly on the outcome of HBV infection, considerably complicating its natural history, diagnosis, and management. The aim of this study was to compare two cohorts of HBV monoinfected and HBV/HIV coinfected Iranian patients undergoing long-term lamivudine...
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