A Study Of Prevalence Of Hiv And Hcv Infection And Their Co-Infection In Patients In A Tertiary Care Hospital In Navi Mumbai
Abstract
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has been an important and familiar health and social crisis for two decades. Less familiar, but also important, is Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. These two viruses are similar in a number of ways, and infection with both is a serious problem. Both HCV and HIV are transmitted by exposure to infected blood.
References
[ 2 ] Strasfeld L, Lo Y, Netski D et al. The association of hepatitis C prevalence, activity and genotype with HIV infection in a cohort of New York city drug users. J Acquir Immun Def Syndr 2003;33:356-364.
[ 3 ] http://www.hivchat.org/hepc.html
[ 4 ] Ponamgi SPD, Rahamathulla S, Kumar YN, Chandra M, Lakshmi N, Habibullah CM, Khaja MN, Prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection in HIV infected individuals in south India and characterization-of-HCV-genotypes. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2009; 27(1):12-6.
[ 5 ] Shruti HM, Samantha L, Aylur K, Srikrishnan et al. Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection & liver disease among injection drug users (IDUs) in Chennai, India. Indian J Med Res.2010; 132: 706-714.
[ 6 ] Rodrigues JJ, Mehendale SM, Shepherd ME et.al. Risk factor for HIV infection in people attending clinics for sexually transmitted disease in india. BMJ 1995,july 29,311(7000);283-286.
[ 7 ] KranthiKosaraju MD, Padukone S, and Bairy I. Co-infection with hepatitis viruses among HIV-infected individuals at a tertiary care centre in South India. Trop doc 2011; .41(3): 170-171.
[ 8 ] Omosigho OP, Inyinbor HE, Emumwen GE et al .Hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection In Human Immuno Deficiency Virus Positive Population In Bida, North Central Nigeria, The internet journal of gastroenterology ISSN: 1528-8323.
[ 9 ] Buxton JA, Yu A, Kim PH et al. HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, Canada. Krajden MBMC Public Health. 2010 Apr 29;10:225.
[ 10 ] YaronRotmanand T. Jake L. Coinfection with Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Virological, Immunological, and Clinical Outcomes. Journal of Virology.J.Virol. 2009; 83:157366-7374.
[ 11 ] Saha K, Firdaus R, Santra P etal. Recent pattern of Co-infection amongst HIV seropositive individuals in tertiary care hospital, Kolkata. Virol J. 2011 14; 8: 116.
[ 12 ] Eva A. Operskalski and Kovacs A. HIV/HCV Co-infection: Pathogenesis, Clinical Complications, Treatment, and New Therapeutic Technologies. 2011 January 11. doi: 10.1007/s11904-010-0071-3.