HIV, HEV and cirrhosis: Evidence of a possible link from eastern Spain

HIV Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 379-383

  Jardi, R ^a,b   Crespo, M ^a   Homs, M ^a,b   van den Eynde, E ^a   Girones, R ^c   Rodriguez Manzano, J ^c   Caballero, A ^a   Buti, M ^a,b   Esteban, R ^a,b   Rodriguez Frias, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; HIV infection; Immunosuppression; Liver cirrhosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84861827175     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2011.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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