Epidemiology (HCV/HIV)
"Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in HIV Infected Patients at Boston Medical Center: A Case-Control Study."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 14th, 1998
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, held November 12-15, 1998, in Denver, Colorado, "Background & Methods: With the increased longevity resulting from combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV disease, there is greater interest in the effect of co-infection with HCV. Since 1997, 136 patients entering our HIV clinic were screened for HCV antibody (Ab) using a 3rd generation ELISA Demographic data, baseline markers of HIV disease & liver function tests (LFT's) were compared in the HIV/HCV+ patients & HIV+/HCV- controls using Chisquare & t-test; (level of...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1998-12-14)
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