Open AccessTuberculosis, hepatitis C and hepatitis B co-infections in patients with HIV in the Great Tehran Prison, Iran
Author(s) -
Behnam Farhoudi,
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi,
Minoo Mohraz,
Mostafa Hosseini,
Marziyeh Farnia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(15)60989-6
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , hepatitis , hepatitis b , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antibody , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , immunology , hepatitis a , virus , pathology
We conducted a study to evaluate tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis C and hepatitis B co-infections\udin male patients with HIV in the Great Tehran Prison from October 2013 to May 2014. Among\ud85 HIV positive patients, five persons (5.9%) had TB. Also, 56 new HIV-infected patients\udwere checked for hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C virus antibody. There were three\udhepatitis B surface antigen (5.4%) and 50 hepatitis C virus antibody (89.3%) results. This\udstudy suggests that it is necessary to investigate TB, hepatitis C and hepatitis B in HIV positive\udprisoners in Iran