Open AccessHepatitis B & C virus infection in HIV seropositive individuals & their association with risk factors: A hospital-based study
Author(s) -
Vineeta Sharma,
V G Ramachandran,
Narendra Singh Mogha,
Mausumi Bharadwaj
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1151_16
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis b , immunology , hepatitis c , virology , population , cirrhosis , coinfection , virus , hepatitis , environmental health
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus (HBV and HCV) cause acute and chronic hepatitis, and infections with HBV and HCV are common in HIV-infected patients. The present study was conducted to determine the co-infection of hepatitis B and C virus in stored serum samples of HIV-positive/negative individuals attending an Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) in north India and their association with certain risk factors.