Association of Patients' Geographic Origins with Viral Hepatitis Co-infection Patterns, Spain

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Jun;17(6):1116-9. doi: 10.3201/eid/1706.091810.

Abstract

To determine if hepatitis C virus seropositivity and active hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-positive patients vary with patients' geographic origins, we studied co-infections in HIV-seropositive adults. Active hepatitis B infection was more prevalent in persons from Africa, and hepatitis C seropositivity was more common in persons from eastern Europe.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Hepatitis B / complications*
  • Hepatitis B / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis B / immunology
  • Hepatitis B Antibodies / blood
  • Hepatitis C / complications*
  • Hepatitis C / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis C / immunology
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies / blood
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Antibodies
  • Hepatitis C Antibodies