High incidence and persistence of hepatitis B virus infection in individuals receiving HIV care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) are common infections in South Africa. We utilized the opportunity of care provision for HIV-TB co-infected patients to better understand the relationship between these coinfections, determine the magnitude...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 847 - 9
Main Authors:	Msomi, Nokukhanya, Naidoo, Kogieleum, Yende-Zuma, Nonhlanhla, Padayatchi, Nesri, Govender, Kerusha, Singh, Jerome Amir, Abdool-Karim, Salim, Abdool-Karim, Quarraisha, Mlisana, Koleka
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 16.11.2020 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adult AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - epidemiology AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - virology Analysis Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use Care and treatment Coinfection - epidemiology Coinfection - virology Comorbidity Complications and side effects Confidence intervals Diagnosis Female Follow-Up Studies HBV incidence Hepatitis Hepatitis and co-infections Hepatitis B Hepatitis B - diagnosis Hepatitis B - epidemiology Hepatitis B - virology Hepatitis B surface antigen Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - immunology Hepatitis B virus - immunology HIV HIV infections HIV/HBV coinfection Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunization Immunosuppression Incidence Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Laboratories Male Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Parasitology Patients Prevalence Research Article Retrospective Studies Risk analysis Risk Factors South Africa South Africa - epidemiology Tropical Medicine Tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - epidemiology Tuberculosis - microbiology Viruses Young Adult South Africa Africa HBV incidence South Africa HIV/HBV coinfection
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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