Cause-specific excess mortality in siblings of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus.

Cause-specific excess mortality in siblings of patients co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C virus.

BACKGROUND: Co-infection with hepatitis C in HIV-infected individuals is associated with 3- to 4-fold higher mortality among these patients' siblings, compared with siblings of mono-infected HIV-patients or population controls. This indicates that risk factors shared by family members partially...

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Main Authors: Ann-Brit Eg Hansen, Nicolai Lohse, Jan Gerstoft, Gitte Kronborg, Alex Laursen, Court Pedersen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Niels Obel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1939735?pdf=render

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