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[Hepatitis C virus genotypes. Study of 302 patients coinfected by the human immunodeficiency virus]
Background:
To study the distribution of different HCV genotypes in HIV-infected patients.
Patients And Method:
This study was carried out in 302 HIV/HCV-coinfected patients who were followed-up at the HIV/AIDS Unit of the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital of Lleida (Spain). HCV genotypes were determined by Inno-Lipa HCV II technique (Innogenetics, Belgium).
Results:
143 patients (51.43%) had a genotype-1, followed by genotype-3 (81 patients; 29.13%), genotype-4 (53 patients; 19.06%), and genotype-2 (one patient; 0.35%). It was not possible to know the genotype in 24 patients (NT).
Conclusions:
In our health care area, HCV genotype-1 was the commonest among HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. However, a given HIV-infected patient with HCV antibodies has practically the same probability of having a genotype-1 as a genotype non-1.