Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique | Zendy

Gilles Wandeler | Zendy; Lloyd Mulenga | Zendy; Michael Hobbins | Zendy; Candido Joao | Zendy; Edford Sinkala | Zendy; Jonas Hector | Zendy; Musa Aly | Zendy; H. Benjamin | Zendy; Matthias Egger | Zendy; Michael J. Vinikoor | Zendy

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Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique

Author(s) -

Gilles Wandeler,

Lloyd Mulenga,

Michael Hobbins,

Candido Joao,

Edford Sinkala,

Jonas Hector,

Musa Aly,

H. Benjamin,

Matthias Egger,

Michael J. Vinikoor

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw049

Subject(s) - medicine , virology , hepatitis c virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus , antibody , immunology

Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication

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