TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatitis B and Delta virus are prevalent but often subclinical co-infections among HIV infected patients in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: a cross-sectional study
AU - Langhoff Honge, Bo
AU - Jespersen, Sanne
AU - Medina, Candida
AU - Da Silva Te, David
AU - Da Silva, Zacarias Jose
AU - Lewin, Sharon Ruth
AU - Ostergaard, Lars Jorgen
AU - Erikstrup, Christian
AU - Wejse, Christian
AU - Laursen, Alex Lund
AU - Krarup, Henrik Bygum
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to accelerated hepatic disease progression with higher rates of liver cirrhosis and liver-related mortality compared with HBV mono-infection. Co or super-infection with hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) may worsen the liver disease and complicate treatment possibilities.
AB - Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to accelerated hepatic disease progression with higher rates of liver cirrhosis and liver-related mortality compared with HBV mono-infection. Co or super-infection with hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) may worsen the liver disease and complicate treatment possibilities.
UR - http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0099971
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0099971
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0099971
M3 - Article
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 9
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 6
M1 - e99971
ER -
