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Hepatitis B virus genetic multiplicity and the associated HBV lamivudine resistance mutations in HBV/HIV co-infection in Western Kenya: A review article.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2022
Wandera Bernard Onyango, Onyango David Miruka, Musyoki Stanslaus Kiilu
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infections are common as the two viruses use same routes of transmission. Studies show that HIV infection modifies the natural course of chronic HBV infection, leading to more severe and progressive liver disease, and a higher incidence of cirrhosis, liver cancer and mortality. Therefore, determining HBV status and genotypes among HIV...
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