Prevalence and Correlates of HIV and Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection in Northern Alberta
Author(s) -
Carmen Pittman,
Sabrina S. Plitt,
Ted Birse,
Karen Doucette,
Barbara Romanowski,
R. H. Cooper,
Stan Houston,
Stephen D. Shafran,
Ameeta E. Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2014/971546
Subject(s) - coinfection , medicine , hepatitis b virus , transmission (telecommunications) , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis b , demography , immunology , virus , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) share transmission routes, and coinfection is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. To date, no Canadian studies have examined HIV-HBV coinfection.
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