HIV/AIDS coinfection with the hepatitis B and C viruses in Brazil

• Main Authors: Silvano Barbosa de Oliveira (Author), Edgar Merchan-Hamann (Author), Leila Denise Alves Ferreira Amorim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfections among AIDS cases reported in Brazil, and to describe the epidemiological profile of these cases. Coinfection was identified through probabilistic record linkage of the data of all patients carrying the HIV virus...