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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Cachafeiro, Santiago Pérez ; Caro-Murillo, Ana María ; Berenguer, Juan ; Segura, Ferran ; Gutiérrez, Felix ; Vidal, Francesc ; Martínez-Pérez, Maria Ángeles ; Sola, Julio ; Muga, Roberto ; Moreno, Santiago ; Del Amo, Julia
• Corporate Authors:
  on behalf of Cohort of the Spanish Aids Research Network
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Dispatch Epidemiology Female Hepatitis B Hepatitis B Antibodies Hepatitis C Hepatitis C Antibodies Hiv Hiv Infections Humans Male Middle Aged Migrants Prevalence Spain Transients Viruses Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(6):1116-1119.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:70dd0b360ec776e5f1b8d643d77e3158ee1ba8b3dbb52654672b2754efd6fef3
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18172/cdc_18172_DS1.pdf
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