Prevalence of Overt and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection among HIV-Positive People Referring to Consultation Center for Behavioral Diseases, Kurdistan Province, Iran | Zendy

Fuad Azmoudeh-Ardalan | Zendy; Mazaher Khodabandehloo | Zendy

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Prevalence of Overt and Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection among HIV-Positive People Referring to Consultation Center for Behavioral Diseases, Kurdistan Province, Iran

Author(s) -

Fuad Azmoudeh-Ardalan,

Mazaher Khodabandehloo

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

iranian biomedical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2008-823X

pISSN - 1028-852X

DOI - 10.52547/ibj.25.6.434

Subject(s) - occult , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , center (category theory) , virology , hepatitis b virus , family medicine , virus , pathology , alternative medicine , chemistry , crystallography

Based on evidence, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) have common transmission routes; co-infection of HBV/HIV can dramatically increase disease progression. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of overt HBV infection and occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) in HIV-positive people.

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