Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique

作者：Wandeler Gilles; Mulenga Lloyd; Hobbins Michael; Joao Candido; Sinkala Edford; Hector Jonas; Aly Musa; Chi Benjamin H; Egger Matthias; Vinikoor Michael J

来源：Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2016, 3(2): ofw049.

DOI：10.1093/ofid/ofw049

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication.</jats:p>

• 出版日期2016
• 单位Bern University Hospital; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; The University of North carolina at Chapel Hill