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Epidemiological aspects of HCV infection in HIV-infected individuals in Piauí State, Northeast Brazil.
Archives of virology - 1 Dec 2012
Oliveira-Filho Aldemir B, Oliveira Evaldo H, Castro Jairo A A, Silva Letiano V, Vallinoto Antonio C R, Lemos José Alexandre R
Abstract excerpt
In this study, the prevalence, genotypic frequency, and risk factors for HCV infection in 768 patients infected with HIV were determined. Fifty-two (6.77 %) HIV-positive individuals had anti-HCV antibodies and 26 (3.39 %) had HCV-RNA. Genotyping results indicated that all RT-PCR samples from patients infected with HCV belonged to genotype 1. Multivariate analysis revealed an association of HIV-HCV coinfection...
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