Meta‐Analysis: Increased Mortality Associated with Hepatitis C in HIV‐Infected Persons Is Unrelated to HIV Disease Progression | Zendy

TingYi Chen | Zendy; Eric L. Ding | Zendy; George R. Seage | Zendy; Arthur Y. Kim | Zendy

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Meta‐Analysis: Increased Mortality Associated with Hepatitis C in HIV‐Infected Persons Is Unrelated to HIV Disease Progression

Author(s) -

TingYi Chen,

Eric L. Ding,

George R. Seage,

Arthur Y. Kim

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 - 10.1086/644771

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , hepatitis c , viral disease , sida , disease , immunology , immunopathology

It is unclear whether coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) increases mortality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). With use of a meta-analysis, we estimated the effect of HCV infection on HIV disease progression and overall mortality in the pre-HAART and HAART eras.

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