Article
Prevalence and Genotypic Characterization of Hbv In Hiv- Infected Patients From Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
2020-07-29
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<h4>Introduction: </h4> The co-infection of HIV with HBV is very common due to shared mode of transmission. HBV/HIV co-infection impact on low HBeAg expression, high HBV replication, causes progressive liver disease, cirrhosis, liver cancer and high mortality. Co-infection may lead to cross-resistance of HBV and HIV drugs due to drug-related immune therapeutic pressure or hepatotoxicity. These challenges necessita...
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- Literature Corpus work
- a7532026-1f9d-5f69-bae4-bced0e8dd6bb
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-49531/v1
