Hepatitis B virus seroprevalence among HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy three decades after universal neonatal hepatitis B immunization program in Taiwan.

CONCLUSIONS: The overall prevalence of HBV/HIV coinfection remained high among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan. Despite recommendations of the HIV treatment guidelines for the management of HBV infection, a substantial proportion of HIV/HBV-coinfected patients received cART containing only LAM for HBV infection.
PMID: 31708481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infection - October 29, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Lin JJ, Lin KY, Tang HJ, Lin SP, Lee YC, Liu CE, Huang YS, Wang NC, Li CW, Ko WC, Yang HJ, Lee YT, Hung CC, Taiwan HIV Study Group Tags: J Microbiol Immunol Infect Source Type: research