Occult Hepatitis B Virus infection in ART-Naive HIV-Infected Patients seen at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Co-infections of hepatitis B and C viruses are frequent with HIV due to shared routes of transmission. In most of the tertiary care health settings, HIV reactive patients are routinely tested for HBsAg and anti-HCV antibodies to rule...

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Main Authors: Singh Sarman, Gupta Swati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/53