AIDS and HIV Coinfection

Immune cell counts have little effect on hepatitis C diversity

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 25th, 2002

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Immune cell levels have only a limited effect on the genetic features of hepatitis C virus (HCV) populations in HIV patients, according to researchers in France.

Anne Marie Roque-Afonso and colleagues at Paul Brousse Hospital in Villejuif and Bicetre Hospital in Le Kremlin-Bicetre studied the effect of CD4⁺ T-cell counts on HCV diversity and complexity in coinfected patients.

Reduced CD4 cell counts in these patients were not a significant factor in HCV genetic heterogeneity, they found.

The researchers reviewed data from patients in the French Seroconverter and/or French...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2002-03-25)

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