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HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Chambal Lúcia Mabalane, Gudo Eduardo Samo, Carimo Awa, Corte Real Rita, Mabunda Nédio, Maueia Cremildo, Vubil Adolfo, Zicai Ana Flora, Bhatt Nilesh, Antunes Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HIV/ HBV coinfected patients are at high risk of developing chronic HBV infection, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In Mozambique, where HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world, HIV-infected patients are scarcely characterized in terms of HBV coinfection and 3TC-resistance mutations profile. METHODS: To characterize ART-naïve HIV-infected adults, with and without HBV...
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