Low prevalence of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis D virus and hepatitis C virus among patients with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the Brazilian Amazon basin

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-522

  Braga, Wornei Silva Miranda ^a,b,d   Castilho, Márcia Da Costa ^a   Dos Santos, Isabelle Cristina Vale ^a   Moura, Marco Antônio Sabóia ^a   Segurado, Aluisio Cotrim ^c  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Gerência de Virologia/FMT AM ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Co infection; HIV 1; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS D; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 33847100572     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822006000600001     Document Type: Article

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