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Suresh B Sonth1, M S Satyhanarayana, J Mariraj
1Department of Microbiology, VIMS, Bellary, Karnataka. sureshsonth@rediffmail.com
Abstract:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is known to influence the natural history of infections with certain hepatitis viruses and interactions between HIV and hepatitis viruses may potentiate HIV replication. There is high degree of epidemiological similarity between hepatitis B virus and HIV as regard to high-risk group and route of transmission. Limited information is available about the prevalence of hepatitis C virus in patients with human immunodeficiency virus in relation to specific risk factors or about the influence of hepatitis C virus coinfection on survival. Present study deals with the study of concurrent infection of HCV with HIV infection. In the study of 110 HIV seropositive patients, 6 (5.45%) were positive for HCV. The difference was highly significant compared to controls (p value < 0.0001). The studies of association of HCV in HIV cases are rare in India. Therefore the present study was undertaken to look at the prevalence of HCV in different groups and different stages of HIV infected patients.
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