尼泊尔人群中HIV感染患者的HCV共感染及其基因型分布
Uday Kant Sah1, Anil Kumar Sah2, Mehraj Ansari3
1Department of Biochemistry, Singhania University, Pacheri Bari, Rajasthan 333515, India.
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
|July 28, 2023
概括
在尼泊尔,患有人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 的人群中,C型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 联合感染很常见,基因型3是最常见的. 这一发现有助于管理HCV共感染,以改善PLHIV患者的生活质量.
科学领域:
- * 传染病 传染病
- * 病毒学 病毒学
- * * 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- * 携带人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 的人群中,C型肝炎病毒 (HCV) 联合感染的流行率和基因型分布在全球范围内有所不同.
- *了解特定人群中的这些模式对于有效管理至关重要.
- *尼泊尔需要有关HCV/HIV联合感染的局部数据.
研究的目的:
- *确定尼泊尔艾滋病毒感染者 (PLHIV) 中HCV的流行率和基因型分布.
- * 分析HCV病毒载量模式在这个同时感染的人群.
- *为管理HCV/HIV联合感染的策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- * 在尼泊尔加德满都进行了一项涉及203名艾滋病病毒阳性患者的横截面研究.
- *HCV病毒载量和基因型使用标准Q-PCR协议对血RNA进行量化.
- *关于艾滋病毒感染持续时间,年龄,性别和ART治疗方案的数据被收集为共变量.
主要成果:
- * 在PLHIV患者中,HCV同时感染的患病率为56.6% (203分之115).
- *男性性别与HCV联合感染的更高患病率有关.
- * 基因型3 (特别是3a) 是最常见的HCV变体 (61.1%),病毒载量通常在34~3000IU/mL之间.
结论:
- * 在研究的尼泊尔PLHIV人群中,HCV共感染非常普遍.
- *3型基因型是这种共感染群体中占主导地位的HCV变体.
- *研究结果支持针对PLHIV患者的HCV联合感染的向管理策略,以改善健康结果.
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