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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 102, No. 4, 2007, pp. 535-537
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Bioline Code: oc07084
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 102, No. 4, 2007, pp. 535-537
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The role of triple infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type-1 on CD4+ lymphocyte levels in the highly HIV infected population of North-Central Nigeria
Forbi, JC; Gabadi, S; Alabi, R; Iperepolu, HO; Pam, CR; Entonu, PE & Agwale, SM
Abstract
We set out to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among human immunodeficiency virus type-
1 (HIV-1) infected individuals in North-Central Nigeria to define the influence of these infections on CD4+ lymphocytes cells among our patients as access to antiretroviral therapy improves across the Nigerian nation. The CD4+ values of 180 confirmed HIV-1 infected individuals were enumerated using a superior fluorescenceactivated
cell sorter system. These patients were tested for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen and antihepatitis
C virus (HCV) using third generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Fifty (27.8%) patients
had active hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection while 33 (18.3%) tested positive for anti-HCV antibody. Of these
infections, 110 (61.1%), 37 (20.6%), and 20 (11.1%) had HIV only, HBV/HIV-only, and HCV/HIV-only respectively.
A HBV/HCV/HIV coinfection prevalence of 7.2% (13 patients) was recorded. Patients coinfected with
HIV/HBV/HCV appeared to have lower CD4+ counts (mean = 107 cells/μl; AIDS defining) when compared to
HBV/HIV-only (mean = 377 cells/μl), HCV/HIV-only (mean = 373 cells/μl) and patients with mono HIV infection
(mean = 478 cells/μl). Coinfection with HBV or HCV is relatively common among HIV-infected patients in Nigeria
and should be a big consideration in the initiation and choice of therapy.
Keywords
human immunodeficiency virus - hepatitis B and C viruses - Nigeria
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