Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on the Progression of AIDS and Mortality in HIV‐Infected Individuals: A Cohort Study and Meta‐Analysis | Zendy

Georgios K. Nikolopoulos | Zendy; Dimitrios Paraskevis | Zendy; Eleni Hatzitheodorou | Zendy; Zissis Moschidis | Zendy; Vana Sypsa | Zendy; X Zavitsanos | Zendy; V. Kalapothaki | Zendy; Angelos Hatzakis | Zendy

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Impact of Hepatitis B Virus Infection on the Progression of AIDS and Mortality in HIV‐Infected Individuals: A Cohort Study and Meta‐Analysis

Author(s) -

Georgios K. Nikolopoulos,

Dimitrios Paraskevis,

Eleni Hatzitheodorou,

Zissis Moschidis,

Vana Sypsa,

X Zavitsanos,

V. Kalapothaki,

Angelos Hatzakis

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/599110

Subject(s) - medicine , coinfection , confidence interval , hepatitis b virus , meta analysis , hepatitis b , cohort study , odds ratio , immunology , retrospective cohort study , virus

The effect of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection on the natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease remains uncertain. Therefore, a retrospective cohort study was conducted to examine the influence of HIV-HBV coinfection on AIDS development and overall mortality. Moreover, our results were added to those of previous studies in a literature-based meta-analysis.

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