Clinical and laboratory characteristics of hepatitis C and COVID-19 coinfection: Prolonged RNA shedding in nonhospitalized case

Livia Melo Villar; Vanessa Salete de Paula; Laura Cristina Machado Pinto; Bianca Cristina Leires Marques; Vanessa Duarte da Costa; Lucas Lima da Silva; Alanna Calheiros Santos; Giselle Prado do Nascimento; Juliana Custódio Miguel; Ana Carolina da Fonseca Mendonça; Fernando Couto Motta; Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3877

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of hepatitis C and COVID-19 coinfection: Prolonged RNA shedding in nonhospitalized case

Clin Case Rep. 2021 May 4;9(8):10.1002/ccr3.3877. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3877. eCollection 2021 Aug.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Brazilian Reference Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Oswaldo Cruz Institute FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
² Molecular Virology Laboratory Oswaldo Cruz Institute FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
³ Brazilian Reference Laboratory for Respiratory Viruses Oswaldo Cruz Institute FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro Brazil.

Abstract

Nonhospitalized COVID-19 and hepatitis C-coinfected patient presented prolonged RNA shedding and mild course of infection. This finding demonstrated the importance of long follow-up of these patients.

Keywords: COVID‐19; HCV; SARS‐CoV‐2 persistency; coinfection; follow‐up.

Publication types

Case Reports