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Chen B, Xu B, Cui HY, Ma ZH, Guo WH, Pei LJ, Xing WG. Comparison of effectiveness and cost of different HCV testing strategies in high-risk populations in China. J Med Virol 2024; 96:e29433. [PMID: 38293900 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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High-risk populations are the predominant populations affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and there is an urgent need for efficient and cost-effective HCV testing strategies for high-risk populations to identify potential undiagnosed HCV-infected individuals. This study compared several commonly used testing strategies and conducted effectiveness and cost analysis to select the appropriate testing strategy for diagnosing HCV infection in high-risk populations. Among the 2093 samples from high-risk populations in this study, 1716 were HCV negative, 237 were current HCV infection, 137 were past HCV infection, and three were acute early HCV infection. It was found that out of 237 patients with HCV current infection, Strategy A could detect 225 cases, with a missed detection rate of 5.06%, and the total cost was 33 299 RMB. In addition, Strategy B could detect 237 cases of current HCV infection, and the HCV missed detection rate was 0.00%, and the total cost was 147 221 RMB. While 137 cases of past HCV infection could be distinguished by strategy C, but 14 cases with current HCV infection were missed, with an HCV-positive missed detection rate of 5.91%, and the total cost for Strategy C was 43 059 RMB. In conclusion, in high-risk populations, the HCV positivity rate is typically higher. If feasible, the preferred approach is to directly conduct HCV RNA testing, which effectively minimizes the risk of missing cases. However, in situations with limited resources, it is advisable to initially choose a highly sensitive method for anti-HCV screening, followed by HCV RNA testing on reactive samples.
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- Bing Chen
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anhui, China
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- Center for Global Public Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Zhumadian Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Henan, China
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- Department of Communicable and Endemic Disease Control and Prevention, Fangshan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Beijing, Beijing, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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Recent Advances in Influenza, HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevention and Drug Treatment—The Need for Precision Medicine. CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemistry4020019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Viruses, and in particular, RNA viruses, dominate the WHO’s current list of ten global health threats. Of these, we review the widespread and most common HIV, influenza virus, and SARS-CoV-2 infections, as well as their possible prevention by vaccination and treatments by pharmacotherapeutic approaches. Beyond the vaccination, we discuss the virus-targeting and host-targeting drugs approved in the last five years, in the case of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, as well as new drug candidates and lead molecules that have been published in the same periods. We share our views on vaccination and pharmacotherapy, their mutually reinforcing strategic significance in combating pandemics, and the pros and cons of host and virus-targeted drug therapy. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided evidence of our limited armamentarium to fight emerging viral diseases. Novel broad-spectrum vaccines as well as drugs that could even be applied as prophylactic treatments or in early phases of the viremia, possibly through oral administration, are needed in all three areas. To meet these needs, the use of multi-data-based precision medicine in the practice and innovation of vaccination and drug therapy is inevitable.
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Shahriar S, Araf Y, Ahmad R, Kattel P, Sah GS, Rahaman TI, Sadiea RZ, Sultana S, Islam MS, Zheng C, Hossain MG. Insights Into the Coinfections of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Hepatitis B Virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Hepatitis C Virus, and Hepatitis B Virus-Hepatitis C Virus: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:780887. [PMID: 35222296 PMCID: PMC8865087 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.780887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus are three blood-borne viruses that can cause major global health issues by increasing severe morbidity. There is a high risk of coinfection with these viruses in individuals because of their same transmission routes through blood using shared needles, syringes, other injection equipment, sexual transmission, or even vertical transmission. Coinfection can cause various liver-related illnesses, non-hepatic organ dysfunction, followed by death compared to any of these single infections. The treatment of coinfected patients is complicated due to the side effects of antiviral medication, resulting in drug resistance, hepatotoxicity, and a lack of required responses. On the other hand, coinfected individuals must be treated with multiple drugs simultaneously, such as for HIV either along with HBV or HCV and HBV and HCV. Therefore, diagnosing, treating, and controlling dual infections with HIV, HBV, or HCV is complicated and needs further investigation. This review focuses on the current prevalence, risk factors, and pathogenesis of dual infections with HIV, HBV, and HCV. We also briefly overviewed the diagnosis and treatment of coinfections of these three blood-borne viruses.
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- Sagarika Shahriar
- Biotechnology Program, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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de Castro S, Camarasa MJ. Polypharmacology in HIV inhibition: can a drug with simultaneous action against two relevant targets be an alternative to combination therapy? Eur J Med Chem 2018. [PMID: 29529501 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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HIV infection still has a serious health and socio-economical impact and is one of the primary causes of morbidity and mortality all over the world. HIV infection and the AIDS pandemic are still matters of great concern, especially in less developed countries where the access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is limited. Patient compliance is another serious drawback. Nowadays, HAART is the treatment of choice although it is not the panacea. Despite the fact that it suppresses viral replication at undetectable viral loads and prevents progression of HIV infection into AIDS HAART has several pitfalls, namely, long-term side-effects, drug resistance development, emergence of drug-resistant viruses, low compliance and the intolerance of some patients to these drugs. Moreover, another serious health concern is the event of co-infection with more than one pathogen at the same time (e.g. HIV and HCV, HBV, herpes viruses, etc). Currently, the multi-target drug approach has become an exciting strategy to address complex diseases and overcome drug resistance development. Such multifunctional molecules combine in their structure pharmacophores that may simultaneously interfere with multiple targets and their use may eventually be more safe and efficacious than that involving a mixture of separate molecules because of avoidance or delay of drug resistance, lower incidence of unwanted drug-drug interactions and improved compliance. In this review we focus on multifunctional molecules with dual activity against different targets of the HIV life cycle or able to block replication, not only of HIV but also of other viruses that are often co-pathogens of HIV. The different approaches are documented by selected examples.
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- Sonia de Castro
- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM, CSIC) Juan de La Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM, CSIC) Juan de La Cierva 3, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Spartalis E, Damaskos C, Athanasiou A, Dimitroulis D. The impact of hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Gastroenterol 2017; 30:471. [PMID: 28655991 PMCID: PMC5480007 DOI: 10.20524/aog.2017.0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery (Christos Damaskos, Dimitrios Dimitroulis), University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Surgery, Mercy University Hospital, Cork, Ireland (Antonios Athanasiou)
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- Second Department of Propedeutic Surgery (Christos Damaskos, Dimitrios Dimitroulis), University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Kenney LL, Cornberg M, Chen AT, Emonet S, de la Torre JC, Selin LK. Increased Immune Response Variability during Simultaneous Viral Coinfection Leads to Unpredictability in CD8 T Cell Immunity and Pathogenesis. J Virol 2015; 89:10786-801. [PMID: 26269191 PMCID: PMC4621125 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01432-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED T cell memory is usually studied in the context of infection with a single pathogen in naive mice, but how memory develops during a coinfection with two pathogens, as frequently occurs in nature or after vaccination, is far less studied. Here, we questioned how the competition between immune responses to two viruses in the same naive host would influence the development of CD8 T cell memory and subsequent disease outcome upon challenge. Using two different models of coinfection, including the well-studied lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCMV) and Pichinde (PICV) viruses, several differences were observed within the CD8 T cell responses to either virus. Compared to single-virus infection, coinfection resulted in substantial variation among mice in the size of epitope-specific T cell responses to each virus. Some mice had an overall reduced number of virus-specific cells to either one of the viruses, and other mice developed an immunodominant response to a normally subdominant, cross-reactive epitope (nucleoprotein residues 205 to 212, or NP205). These changes led to decreased protective immunity and enhanced pathology in some mice upon challenge with either of the original coinfecting viruses. In mice with PICV-dominant responses, during a high-dose challenge with LCMV clone 13, increased immunopathology was associated with a reduced number of LCMV-specific effector memory CD8 T cells. In mice with dominant cross-reactive memory responses, during challenge with PICV increased immunopathology was directly associated with these cross-reactive NP205-specific CD8 memory cells. In conclusion, the inherent competition between two simultaneous immune responses results in significant alterations in T cell immunity and subsequent disease outcome upon reexposure. IMPORTANCE Combination vaccines and simultaneous administration of vaccines are necessary to accommodate required immunizations and maintain vaccination rates. Antibody responses generally correlate with protection and vaccine efficacy. However, live attenuated vaccines also induce strong CD8 T cell responses, and the impact of these cells on subsequent immunity, whether beneficial or detrimental, has seldom been studied, in part due to the lack of known T cell epitopes to vaccine viruses. We questioned if the inherent increased competition and stochasticity between two immune responses during a simultaneous coinfection would significantly alter CD8 T cell memory in a mouse model where CD8 T cell epitopes are clearly defined. We show that some of the coinfected mice have sufficiently altered memory T cell responses that they have decreased protection and enhanced immunopathology when reexposed to one of the two viruses. These data suggest that a better understanding of human T cell responses to vaccines is needed to optimize immunization strategies.
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- Laurie L Kenney
- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Program in Immunology and Virology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Kerubo G, Khamadi S, Okoth V, Madise N, Ezeh A, Abdalla Z, Mwau M. Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV-1 Coinfection in Two Informal Urban Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129247. [PMID: 26068212 PMCID: PMC4466314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV-1 and Hepatitis B and C viruses coinfection is common in Sub-Saharan Africa due to similar routes of transmission and high levels of poverty. Most studies on HIV-1 and Hepatitis B and C viruses have occurred in hospital settings and blood transfusion units. Data on Hepatitis B and C viruses and HIV-1 coinfection in informal urban settlements in Kenya are scanty, yet they could partly explain the disproportionately high morbidity and mortality associated with HIV-1 infections in these slums. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C dual infection in urban slums in Nairobi. METHODS Blood samples were collected from residents of Viwandani and Korogocho between 2006 and 2007. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic data from participants. Samples were screened for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-HCV and anti-HIV-1. Statistical analysis was done using STATA. RESULTS Samples were successfully collected from 418 (32%) men and 890 (68%) females. The HIV-1, HBV and HCV prevalence was 20.4%, 13.3% and 0.76% respectively at the time of the study. Of the 268 (20.4%) HIV-1 positive participants, 56 (4.26%) had HBV while 6 (0.46%) had HCV. Of the 1041 HIV-1 negative participants, 117 (8.9%) had HBV while 4 (0.31%) had HCV. Only two people (0.15%) were co-infected with all the three viruses together. DISCUSSION The odds of getting hepatitis infection were higher in HIV-1 participants (for HBV OR 2.08,p<0.005 and for HCV OR 5.93, p<0.005). HIV prevalence rates were similar in both informal settlements. HIV infection was highest in age group 35-39 years and among the divorced/separated or widowed. Prevalence of all viruses was highest in those who did not have any formal education. CONCLUSION The HIV prevalence in these informal settlements suggests a higher rate than what is observed nationally. The prevalence rates of HBV are significantly higher in the HIV-1 positive and negative populations. HCV as well as triple HIV-1, HBV and HCV coinfection are uncommon in Korogocho and Viwandani. This clearly indicates the need for HIV-1 control programmes and hepatitis B virus vaccination to be promoted through public awareness as preventive strategy.
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- Glennah Kerubo
- Institute of Tropical Medicine and infectious Diseases, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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- African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Disease Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Busia, Kenya
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Wu L, Jin C, Bai S, Davies H, Rao H, Liang Y, Wu N. The effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy on liver function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected pediatric patients with or without hepatitis virus co-infection. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2015; 20:127-32. [PMID: 25983763 PMCID: PMC4400705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2014] [Revised: 10/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Co-infection of hepatitis virus is common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected adults in China. But little is known about hepatitis virus co-infection in pediatric HIV-infected subjects. The study aimed to investigate the impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on liver function of pediatric HIV-infected subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cohort study including 101 pediatric HIV-infected subjects with HBV/HCV co-infection and 44 pediatric comparators with HIV mono-infection was carried out in Henan Province of China from September 2011 to September 2012. All patients received HAART for 1-year. HBV and HCV infection was determined by antibody tests. HIV RNA load, CD4(+) T-cell counts and liver function were determined before and after HAART. The Student's t-test or a one-way ANOVA was used for normally distributed values and A Mann-Whitney U-test was performed for values without normal distribution using SPSS statistical package 18.0 (SPSS Inc.). RESULTS After HAART for 1-year, the median levels of viral load were decreased to lower limit of detection in 90.34% pediatric HIV-infected subjects with/without HBV/HCV co-infection (P < 0.001), and CD4(+) T-cell counts increased significantly (P < 0.001). Compared with the pre-HAART, mean level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) in each group had a significant increase after HAART (P < 0.01). The mean levels of ALT and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in nevirapine (NVP) based HAART group increased significantly after HAART (P < 0.01). Mean change values of ALT and AST were significantly higher in the NVP based regimen group than in the efavirenz (EFV) based regimen group (P < 0.01). For HIV/HBV/HCV co-infected patients, mean change values of ALT and AST in NVP-based HAART group was significantly higher than that in EFV-based HAART group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Highly active antiretroviral therapy can damage liver function in pediatric HIV-infected subjects, especially in those with HBV/HCV co-infection. NVP was more harmful to liver function of pediatric HIV-infected subjects than EFV.
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- Lijuan Wu
- Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- Department of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Quzhou College of Technology, Quzhou 324000, China
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- Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China,Address for correspondence: Dr. Nanping Wu, State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China. E-mail:
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Ansari AWW, Schmidt RE, Shankar EM, Kamarulzaman A. Immuno-pathomechanism of liver fibrosis: targeting chemokine CCL2-mediated HIV:HCV nexus. J Transl Med 2014; 12:341. [PMID: 25528160 PMCID: PMC4272802 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-014-0341-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Even in the era of successful combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), co-infection of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains one of the leading causes of non-AIDS-related mortality and morbidity among HIV-positive individuals as a consequence of accelerated liver fibrosis and end-stage liver disease (ESLD). The perturbed liver microenvironment and induction of host pro-inflammatory mediators in response to HIV and HCV infections, play a pivotal role in orchestrating the disease pathogenesis and clinical outcomes. How these viruses communicate each other via chemokine CCL2 and exploit the liver specific cellular environment to exacerbate liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV co-infection setting is a topic of intense discussion. Herein, we provide recent views and insights on potential mechanisms of CCL2 mediated immuno-pathogenesis, and HIV-HCV cross-talk in driving liver inflammation. We believe CCL2 may potentially serve an attractive target of anti-fibrotic intervention against HIV/HCV co-infection associated co-morbidities.
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- A W Wahid Ansari
- Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lambah Pantai 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Odigie M, Osinusi A, Barrett L, Townsend K, Wang H, Suffredini AF, Masur H, Polis MA, Kottilil S. Inteleukin-23 promotes interferon-α responsiveness in hepatitis C virus/HIV-coinfected patients. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2014; 30:775-82. [PMID: 24856902 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Patients coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have poor to modest rates of response with interferon-based therapies, which remain a backbone of the treatment in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. The mechanisms responsible for poor responsiveness to interferon are not well described. In this study a targeted proteomic analysis of plasma from 42 patients infected with both HIV and HCV and undergoing therapy for HCV with peginterferon and ribavirin was performed. Higher baseline plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-23 were associated with sustained virologic response. Further investigation of how IL-23 facilitates interferon (IFN) responsiveness, as evidenced by a >2-fold increase in most interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), revealed that IL-23 indirectly enhances IFN signaling in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and HCV continuous culture system by preventing the down-regulation of the IFNAR2 receptor after exposure to IFN-α. These findings suggest a unique role of the IL-23 pathway in enhancing host response to type I interferons, thereby facilitating eradication of HCV. Low levels of IL-23 present in plasma of nonresponders may reflect an impaired immune state that in the case of HIV/HCV-coinfected subjects could potentially lead to disruption of TH17 CD4(+) T cells. This study suggests a major role for HIV-associated immune dysregulation present in HIV-infected subjects that subsequently determines the overall responsiveness to exogenous interferon-α-based HCV therapy.
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- Madeline Odigie
- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
- Institute of Human Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
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Daw MA, Shabash A, El-Bouzedi A, Dau AA. Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV & HIV co-infection and risk factors analysis in Tripoli-Libya. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98793. [PMID: 24936655 PMCID: PMC4060988 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background In 1998 Libya experienced a major outbreak of multiple blood borne viral hepatitis and HIV infections. Since then, no studies have been done on the epidemic features and risk factors of HBV, HCV, HIV and co-infection among the general population. Methods A prospective study was carried out using a multi-centre clustering method to collect samples from the general population. The participants were interviewed, and relevant information was collected, including socio-demographic, ethnic, and geographic variables. This information was correlated with the risk factors involved in the transmission of HBV, HCV and HIV. Blood samples were collected and the sera were tested for HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV using enzyme immunoassay. Results A total of 9,170 participants from the nine districts of Tripoli were enrolled. The average prevalence of HBsAg was 3.7%, anti-HCV 0.9%, anti-HIV 0.15% and co-infection 0.02%. The prevalence varied from one district to another. HBV was more prevalent among those aged over 50 years and was associated with family history. Anti-HCV and anti-HIV were more prevalent among those aged 20–40 years. Intravenous drug use and blood transfusion were the main risk factors for HCV and HIV infection. Conclusion HBV, HCV, HIV and co-infection are relatively common in Libya. High prevalence was associated with geographic, ethnic and socioeconomic variability within the community. HCV and HIV infections among the younger age groups are becoming an alarming issue. Regulations and health care education need to be implemented and longer term follow-up should be planned.
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- Mohamed A. Daw
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli, Libya
- Department of Surgery, Tripoli Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli, Libya
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli, Libya
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- Department of Surgery, Tripoli Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Tripoli, Libya
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Oramasionwu CU, Moore HN, Toliver JC. Barriers to hepatitis C antiviral therapy in HIV/HCV co-infected patients in the United States: a review. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2014; 28:228-39. [PMID: 24738846 PMCID: PMC4011402 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2014.0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This review synthesized the literature for barriers to HCV antiviral treatment in persons with HIV/HCV co-infection. Searches of PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and Web of Science were conducted to identify relevant articles. Articles were excluded based on the following criteria: study conducted outside of the United States, not original research, pediatric study population, experimental study design, non-HIV or non-HCV study population, and article published in a language other than English. Sixteen studies met criteria and varied widely in terms of study setting and design. Hepatic decompensation was the most commonly documented absolute/nonmodifiable medical barrier. Substance use was widely reported as a relative/modifiable medical barrier. Patient-level barriers included nonadherence to medical care, refusal of therapy, and social circumstances. Provider-level barriers included provider inexperience with antiviral treatment and/or reluctance of providers to refer patients for treatment. There are many ongoing challenges that are unique to managing this patient population effectively. Documenting and evaluating these obstacles are critical steps to managing and caring for these individuals in the future. In order to improve uptake of HCV therapy in persons with HIV/HCV co-infection, it is essential that barriers, both new and ongoing, are addressed, otherwise, treatment is of little benefit.
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The present review summarizes recently developed calixarene derivatives for protein surface recognition which are able to identify, inhibit, and separate specific proteins.
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- Reza Zadmard
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Research Center of Iran
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Vedham V, Divi RL, Starks VL, Verma M. Multiple infections and cancer: implications in epidemiology. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2013; 13:177-94. [PMID: 23919392 DOI: 10.7785/tcrt.2012.500366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Approximately 18% of the global cancer burden has been attributed to infectious agents, with estimates ranging from 7% in developed countries to about 22% in developing countries. Chronic infections caused by the hepatitis B and C viruses, human papilloma viruses (HPV), and Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are reported to be responsible for approximately 15% of all human cancers. Interestingly, although many of the infectious agents that have been associated with cancer--such as HPV, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and H. pylori--are highly prevalent in the world, most infected individuals do not develop cancer but remain lifelong carriers. Malignancies associated with infectious agents may result from prolonged latency as a result of chronic infections. Pathogenic infections are necessary but are not sufficient for cancer initiation or progression. Cancer initiation may require additional cofactors, including secondary infections. Therefore, in patients with chronic infection with one agent, secondary co-infection with another agent may serve as an important co-factor that may cause cancer initiation and progression. Additionally, opportunistic co-infections could significantly inhibit response to cancer treatment and increase cancer mortality. Co-infections are relatively common in areas with a high prevalence of infectious agents, especially in developing countries. These co-infections can cause an imbalance in the host immune system by affecting persistence of and susceptibility to malignant infections. Several articles have been published that focus on infectious agents and cancer. In this article, we discuss the role of infectious agents in malignancies, highlight the role of multiple/co-infections in cancer etiology, and review implications for cancer epidemiology.
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- Vidya Vedham
- Methods and Technologies Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 6130 Executive Boulevard, Suite 5100, Bethesda, MD 20892-7324, USA.
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Katsounas A, Hubbard JJ, Wang CH, Zhang X, Dou D, Shivakumar B, Winter S, Schlaak JF, Lempicki RA, Masur H, Polis M, Kottilil S, Osinusi A. High interferon-stimulated gene ISG-15 expression affects HCV treatment outcome in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV. J Med Virol 2013; 85:959-63. [DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Optimizing hepatitis C therapy in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients: Analysis of HCV viral kinetics on treatment. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES & MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2013; 23:31-5. [PMID: 23450124 DOI: 10.1155/2012/384630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is potentially curable, but the sustained virological response (SVR) has been shown to be lower in patients coinfected HIV. A single-centre experience treating individuals with HCV and HIV coinfection is reported. METHODS Twenty-one patients who received standard doses of pegylated interferon with weight-based dosing of ribavirin (mean 14.3 mg/kg) were retrospectively reviewed. Qualitative HCV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed prospectively every four weeks if the patient remained HCV PCR positive. All patients with HCV genotype 1 were treated for 48 weeks. Patients with genotype 2 or 3 were treated for 24 weeks and 32 weeks to 36 weeks if their HCV RNA level was undetectable after four weeks (RVR4) or eight weeks (RVR8) of therapy, respectively. If RVR8 was not achieved, the treatment was continued for 48 weeks. RESULTS There were no dropouts or dose reductions within the first 12 weeks of treatment. SVR status was available for 20 patients and adequate serum for viral kinetics analyses was available for 17 patients. Eighty per cent of the patients achieved SVR (50% genotype 1; 100% genotypes 2 and 3). The week 8 viral load remained elevated for all genotype 1 nonresponders. DISCUSSION High effectiveness rates were seen, particularly in patients with HCV genotype 2 and 3 who were treated for shorter durations. HCV viral loads after eight weeks of therapy helped distinguish patients with HCV genotype 1 who would respond to therapy. INTRODUCTION Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is potentially curable, but the sustained virological response (SVR) has been shown to be lower in patients coinfected HIV. A single-centre experience treating individuals with HCV and HIV coinfection is reported. METHODS Twenty-one patients who received standard doses of pegylated interferon with weight-based dosing of ribavirin (mean 14.3 mg/kg) were retrospectively reviewed. Qualitative HCV polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed prospectively every four weeks if the patient remained HCV PCR positive. All patients with HCV genotype 1 were treated for 48 weeks. Patients with genotype 2 or 3 were treated for 24 weeks and 32 weeks to 36 weeks if their HCV RNA level was undetectable after four weeks (RVR4) or eight weeks (RVR8) of therapy, respectively. If RVR8 was not achieved, the treatment was continued for 48 weeks. RESULTS There were no dropouts or dose reductions within the first 12 weeks of treatment. SVR status was available for 20 patients and adequate serum for viral kinetics analyses was available for 17 patients. Eighty per cent of the patients achieved SVR (50% genotype 1; 100% genotypes 2 and 3). The week 8 viral load remained elevated for all genotype 1 nonresponders. DISCUSSION High effectiveness rates were seen, particularly in patients with HCV genotype 2 and 3 who were treated for shorter durations. HCV viral loads after eight weeks of therapy helped distinguish patients with HCV genotype 1 who would respond to therapy.
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Evon DM, Golin CE, Fried MW, Keefe FJ. Chronic hepatitis C and antiviral treatment regimens: where can psychology contribute? J Consult Clin Psychol 2012; 81:361-74. [PMID: 22730952 DOI: 10.1037/a0029030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Our goal was to evaluate the existing literature on psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of chronic hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection and antiviral treatment; provide the state of the behavioral science in areas that presently hinder HCV-related health outcomes; and make recommendations for areas in which clinical psychology can make significant contributions. METHOD The extant literature on HCV and antiviral therapy was reviewed as related to biopsychosocial factors such as mental health, substance/alcohol use, quality of life, coping, stigma, racial disparities, side effects, treatment adherence, integrated care, and psychological interventions. RESULTS For reasons that have not been well elucidated, individuals infected with HCV experience psychological and somatic problems and report poor health-related quality of life. Preexisting conditions, including poor mental health and alcohol/substance use, can interfere with access to and successful completion of HCV treatment. Perceived stigma is highly prevalent and associated with psychological distress. Racial disparities exist for HCV prevalence, treatment uptake, and treatment success. During HCV treatment, patients experience exacerbation of symptoms, treatment side effects, and poorer quality of life, making it difficult to complete treatment. Despite pharmacological advances in HCV treatment, improvements in clinical and public health outcomes have not been realized. The reasons for this lack of impact are multifactorial, but include suboptimal referral and access to care for many patients, treatment-related side effects, treatment nonadherence, and lack of empirically based approaches. CONCLUSIONS Biomedical advances in HCV and antiviral treatment have created a fertile field in which psychologists are uniquely positioned to make important contributions to HCV management and treatment.
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- Donna M Evon
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7584, USA. Donna_
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Up to one-third of HIV-infected patients is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). It is now widely accepted that HIV accelerates the course of HCV-related chronic liver disease. The improved survival of HIV patients after successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a significant decline in HIV-related morbidity, and liver disease caused by HCV infection has emerged as a major threat to the survival of HIV patients. HIV/HCV coinfected patients have a more rapid progression to cirrhosis and its complications than HCV monoinfected patients. Even though the effect of HCV on HIV infection and disease progression is less clear, most advocate early anti-HCV treatment to reduce the risk of chronic liver disease. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies support current recommendations to begin ART early in the course of HIV infection in order to limit progression of liver disease in coinfected patients. HIV coinfection has a negative impact on HCV pathogenesis, and despite increased risk of drug-related hepatotoxicity, successful response to ART might lessen progression of chronic liver disease and improve response to anti-HCV therapy. SUMMARY HIV infection affects rate of liver disease progression in those with HCV coinfection. Treatment of HIV may result in slower rates of progression and liver mortality.
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Kimball P, McDougan F, Stirling R. CXCR3 Expression Elevated on Peripheral CD8+ Lymphocytes from HIV/HCV Coinfected Individuals. Viral Immunol 2011; 24:441-8. [DOI: 10.1089/vim.2011.0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Pam Kimball
- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, Virginia
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- Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems, Richmond, Virginia
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Ng V, Saab S. Effects of a sustained virologic response on outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011; 9:923-30. [PMID: 21699815 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/29/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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For patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, the goal of antiviral therapy is to achieve a sustained virologic response (SVR). We review the durability of the SVR and its effects on liver-related mortality, hepatic decompensation, and the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. We performed a systematic review of the effects of the SVR on liver-related hepatic outcomes and found the SVR to be durable (range, 98.4%-100%). An SVR reduced liver-related mortality among patients with chronic hepatitis C (3.3- to 25-fold), the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (1.7- to 4.2-fold), and hepatic decompensation (2.7- to 17.4-fold). An SVR can lead to regression of fibrosis and cirrhosis, and has been associated with a reduced rate of hepatic decompensation, a reduced risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, and reduced liver-related mortality.
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- Vivian Ng
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Vernadakis S, Sotiropoulos GC, Brokalaki EI, Esser S, Kaiser GM, Cicinnati VR, Beckebaum S, Paul A, Mathé Z. Long-term outcomes of liver transplant patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and end-stage-liver-disease: single center experience. Eur J Med Res 2011; 16:342-8. [PMID: 21813377 PMCID: PMC3351986 DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-16-8-342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Objective Orthotopic-liver-transplantation (OLT) in patients with Human-Immunodeficiency-Virus infection (HIV) and end-stage-liver-disease (ESDL) is rarely reported. The purpose of this study is to describe our institutional experience on OLT for HIV positive patients. Material and methods This is a retrospective study of all HIV-infected patients who underwent OLT at the University Hospital of Essen, from January 1996 to December 2009. Age, sex, HIV transmission-way, CDC-stage, etiology of ESDL, concomitant liver disease, last CD4cell count and HIV-viral load prior to OLT were collected and analysed. Standard calcineurin-inhibitors-based immunosuppression was applied. All patients received anti-fungal and anti-pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis post-OLT. Results Eight transplanted HIV-infected patients with a median age of 46 years (range 35-61 years) were included. OLT indications were HCV (n = 5), HBV (n = 2), HCV/HBV/HDV-related cirrhosis (n = 1) and acute liver-failure (n = 1). At OLT, CD4 cell-counts ranged from 113-621 cells/μl, and HIV viral-loads from < 50-175,000 copies/ml. Seven of eight patients were exposed to HAART before OLT. Patients were followed-up between 1-145 months. Five died 1, 3, 10, 31 and 34 months after OLT due to sepsis and graftfailure respectively. Graft-failure causes were recurrent hepatic-artery thrombosis, HCV-associated hepatitis, and chemotherapy-induced liver damage due to Hodgkin-disease. One survivor is relisted for OLT due to recurrent chronic HCV-disease but non-progredient HIV-infection 145 months post-OLT. Two other survivors show stable liver function and non-progredient HIV-disease under HAART 21 and 58 months post-OLT. Conclusions OLT in HIV-infected patients and ESLD is an acceptable therapeutic option in selected patients. Long-term survival can be achieved without HIV disease-progression under antiretroviral therapy and management of the viral hepatitis co-infection.
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Rabkin JG, McElhiney MC, Rabkin R. Modafinil and armodafinil treatment for fatigue for HIV-positive patients with and without chronic hepatitis C. Int J STD AIDS 2011; 22:95-101. [PMID: 21427431 DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Fatigue is prevalent among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and with HIV/AIDS but there are no established fatigue treatments for either condition or their combination. We analysed data from three trials of modafinil or armodafinil for HIV-positive patients with fatigue, including 36 co-infected with HCV, to compare treatment response and safety parameters related to HCV status. One hundred and twenty patients received active drug and 70 were randomized to placebo. Fatigue response rate to modafinil/armodafinil was 100% for patients with HCV (18/18) and 73% (74/102) for patients without HCV. Placebo response rate was 28% (5/18) and 29% (15/52), respectively. Depressive symptoms improved only when energy improved. Viral load declined from baseline after 12 and 26 weeks of active medication. CD4 cell count did not change, nor did alanine transaminase and aspartate aminotransferase for patients with HCV. Patients with haematocrit below the reference range responded, as well as patients whose values were within the reference range. Modafinil and armodafinil appear effective and well tolerated for treating fatigue among both HCV-positive and HCV-negative patients with HIV/AIDS, suggesting that they may hold promise for HIV-positive patients considering alpha interferon/ribavirin treatment for HCV. Further investigation in a focused trial is warranted.
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- J G Rabkin
- New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Salavert M, Granada R, Díaz A, Zaragoza R. [Role of viral infections in immunosuppressed patients]. Med Intensiva 2011; 35:117-25. [PMID: 21324552 PMCID: PMC7115649 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2010.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ser receptor de un trasplante de órgano sólido, así como recibir tratamiento quimioterápico para una enfermedad hematólógica maligna, predispone claramente a padecer infecciones virales tanto comunes como oportunistas, de origen tanto comunitario como procedentes del donante de órganos y/o de una reactivación de un virus latente endógeno. Herpes virus y más especialmente citomegalovirus y virus de Epstein-Barr son los que con más frecuencia afectan a estos enfermos, así como los virus respiratorios. El tratamiento consiste en la combinación de reducir la inmunodepresión inducida junto con tratamiento antiviral. Se ha realizado una revisión de la literatura pormenorizada y actualizada de la epidemiología, la patogenia, las manifestaciones clínicas y la aproximación terapéutica de las infecciones virales en estos enfermos.
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- Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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HIV infection and the liver: the importance of HCV-HIV coinfection and drug-induced liver injury. Clin Liver Dis 2011; 15:131-52. [PMID: 21111997 DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2010.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus-Human immunodeficiency virus (HCV-HIV) coinfections are identified in up to 30% of patients infected with HIV and in 8% of patients infected with HCV. Now that progression of HIV and deaths due to AIDS can be prevented by highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), it is clear that HCV coinfection is associated with accelerated progression to cirrhosis and increased liver-related morbidity and mortality. Antiviral therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for HCV in HCV-HIV coinfected patients is less successful than in patients with HCV monoinfection, and HAART can cause drug-induced liver injury. Multiple barriers limit the number of HCV-HIV coinfected patients who receive antiviral therapy for HCV, and the role of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in HIV monoinfected and HCV-HIV coinfected patients remains controversial. Clinical trials of HCV-specific protease or polymerase inhibitors combined with pegylated interferon and ribavirin are needed urgently in coinfected patients, both before and after OLT.
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Kennedy A, Hennessy M, Bergin C, Mulcahy F, Hopkins S, Spiers JP. Ribavirin and interferon alter MMP-9 abundance in vitro and in HIV–HCV-coinfected patients. Antivir Ther 2011; 16:1237-47. [DOI: 10.3851/imp1867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Role of viral infections in immunosuppressed patients. MEDICINA INTENSIVA (ENGLISH EDITION) 2011. [PMCID: PMC7147217 DOI: 10.1016/s2173-5727(11)70016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Being a solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient as well as receiving chemotherapy for a malignant hematological disease clearly predispose the subject to a variety of viral infections, both common and opportunistic diseases. The patient may have acquired these infections from the community as well as from the donor organ (donor-derived infections) and/or from reactivation of an endogenous latent virus. Herpes viruses and especially the cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus are among the most common of the opportunistic viral pathogens affecting these patients, in addition to respiratory viruses. Treatment consists in antiviral drug therapies combined with the reduction in the degree of the induced immunosuppression. A review of the literature has been performed in order to update the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations and therapeutic approach of the viral infections in these immunocompromised patients.
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Mir-Nasseri MM, MohammadKhani A, Tavakkoli H, Ansari E, Poustchi H. Incarceration is a major risk factor for blood-borne infection among intravenous drug users: Incarceration and blood borne infection among intravenous drug users. HEPATITIS MONTHLY 2011; 11:19-22. [PMID: 22087111 PMCID: PMC3206659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is a strong association between hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection which are mainly transmitted by contamination with blood via intravenous drug abuse (IVDU) or sexual contact. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of these infections and the risk factors associated with them among prisoner and non-prisoner IVDUs in Tehran, Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was performed in two jails and three drug rehabilitation centers between 2001 and 2002 in Tehran. HBsAg and HBcAb were checked using highly specific third generation enzyme immunoassays (DIA.PRO, Italy, specificity >99%, and Radim, Italy, specificity 99.7%, respectively). HCVAb was detected using ELISA (DIA.PRO, Italy) with both sensitivity and specificity >98%. HIVAb test (DRG Diagnostics kit, Germany) was performed for 459 of the 468 IDU subjects. RESULTS 392 prisoners and 135 individual attending drug rehabilitation centers were approached. Of the 518 subjects studied, 464 (89.5%) were male, 386 (74.5%) were prisoners and 132 (25.5%) were non-prisoners. In this study, HBsAg, HCVAb and HIVAb were positive in 19 (3.7%), 359 (69.5%) and 70 (15.5%) of subjects, respectively. These tests were positive in 17 (4.5%), 311 (80.5%) and 63 (17%) among prisoners and 2 (1.5%), 48 (36.5%) and 7 (7.8%) in non-prisoners, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that independent factors related to co-infection of HCV and HIV infection were imprisonment (p<0.001. OR: 7.5) and using common syringe (p=0.03, OR: 4.5). CONCLUSIONS Our findings strongly suggest that drug injection inside prison carries is a risk for HIV infection and that HIV infection among IDUs is likely to be bridged to the broader population through sexual contact without using effective prevention programs.
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- Mohammad Mehdi Mir-Nasseri
- Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Al-Zahra University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran
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- Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
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- Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran,* Corresponding author at: Hossein Poustchi, Digestive Disease Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. Tel.: +98-2188026481, Fax: +98-88335062, E-mail:
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Sacchi A, Agrati C, D'Offizi G, Vlassi C, Rozera G, Abbate I, Capobianchi MR, Martini F. The basal activation state of DC subsets correlates with anti-HCV treatment outcome in HCV/HIV co-infected patients. Clin Immunol 2010; 138:178-86. [PMID: 21130688 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this work we evaluated plasmacytoid (pDC) and myeloid dendritic (mDC) cells activation before and during anti-HCV treatment in HCV+/HIV+ individuals. HCV+/HIV+ patients received Peg-IFN-α2b subcutaneously for 28 days, followed by oral weight-based ribavirin. DCs activation was evaluated by flow cytometry. Baseline pDC CD80 and CD86 expression was correlated with HIV, but not with HCV viral load. A transient decrease of HIV RNA was found not associated with DC activation. When patients were grouped according to early/sustained virological response (EVR/SVR) to anti-HCV treatment, baseline pDC CD80 and CD86 expression was higher in non-EVR and non-SVR compared to EVR and SVR. Moreover, in responder patients CD80 and CD86 were upregulated by IFN-α. Our data suggest a correlation between DCs activation and response to therapy. These findings could be helpful to better understand the mediators of IFN-α action in HCV+/HIV+ patients and to explore possible exploitation of this knowledge to improve therapeutic response.
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care 2010; 4:207-27. [DOI: 10.1097/spc.0b013e32833e8160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Clark US, Cohen RA. Brain dysfunction in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: implications for the treatment of the aging population of HIV-infected individuals. CURRENT OPINION IN INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS (LONDON, ENGLAND : 2000) 2010; 11:884-900. [PMID: 20721831 PMCID: PMC4021717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Improvements in the treatment of HIV infection and in the advancement of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) have led to an increase in the number of individuals with HIV who are surviving to an older age. Preventing the development of neurocognitive abnormalities has become an increasingly important issue in this aging patient population, which is already at risk for cognitive impairment as a result of the neuropathological effects of HIV. cART has been critical in reducing the overall severity of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND), but numerous challenges remain, as the prevalence of HAND continues to be high. There are several key areas in which treatment could be improved to reduce the incidence and severity of HAND. The use of well-tolerated cART medications that are able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier hold particular promise, as these agents may enable increased viral suppression in the parenchyma and may reduce neurocognitive dysfunction. In addition, the improved treatment of comorbid medical conditions that are common in patient populations with HIV (eg, HCV, liver failure and metabolic syndrome) is critical, as several of these conditions are known to have a significant effect on neural functions. Various research approaches indicate that the development of agents that control free radicals, neurotoxicity, proinflammatory processes and apoptosis may also have substantial potential in this field.
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- Uraina S Clark
- Brown University, Department of Community Health, Box G-S121-2, 121 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Ortu F, Weimer LE, Floridia M, Manconi PE. Raltegravir, tenofovir, and emtricitabine in an HIV-infected patient with HCV chronic hepatitis, NNRTI intolerance and protease inhibitors-induced severe liver toxicity. Eur J Med Res 2010; 15:81-3. [PMID: 20452889 PMCID: PMC3352050 DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-2-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background in HIV-infected patients with HCV-related chronic hepatitis, liver impairment and drug toxicity may substantially reduce the number of possible therapeutic options. Case Description we here describe the case of an HCV-HIV coinfected woman who had repeated severe episodes of drug-related liver toxicity with indinavir, saquinavir, fosamprenavir, and darunavir, with minimal further therapeutic options left in this class. Previous treatment-limiting side effects with efavirenz and nevirapine also precluded use of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Introduction of an integrase-inhibitor regimen based on raltegravir, tenofovir, and emtricitabine allowed a prompt achievement of undetectable viral load and a substantial rise of CD4 count to high levels, with no subsequent episodes of hepatic toxicity, and no other side effects. Conclusions given the relatively common prevalence of HCV-related chronic hepatitis among people with HIV, raltegravir might represent an important alternative option for a substantial number of patients who cannot be treated with protease inhibitors or NNRTI because of drug-related hepatic toxicity.
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- F Ortu
- Clinic of Infectious Diseaes, Department of Medicine and Immunology, University of Cagliari, Italy
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Safe co-administration of raltegravir, pegylated-interferon and, ribavirin in HIV individuals with hepatitis C virus-related liver damage. AIDS 2010; 24:1231-3. [PMID: 20421744 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328336e9b3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tsou LK, Dutschman GE, Gullen EA, Telpoukhovskaia M, Cheng YC, Hamilton AD. Discovery of a synthetic dual inhibitor of HIV and HCV infection based on a tetrabutoxy-calix[4]arene scaffold. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:2137-9. [PMID: 20202840 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A potential anti-HIV and HCV drug candidate is highly desirable as coinfection has become a worldwide public health challenge. A potent compound based on a tetrabutoxy-calix[4]arene scaffold that possesses dual inhibition for both HIV and HCV is described. Structural activity relationship studies demonstrate the effects of lower-rim alkylation in maintaining cone conformation and upper-rim interacting head groups on the calix[4]arene play key roles for its potent dual antiviral activities.
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- Lun K Tsou
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, United States.
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Singal AK. Type of pegylated interferon matters: another milestone in the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection. HEPATITIS MONTHLY 2010; 10:165-7. [PMID: 22308133 PMCID: PMC3269078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2009] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Ashwani Kumar Singal
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA,Corresponding author at: Ashwani Kumar Singal, Department of Internal MedicineUniversity of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA, E-mail:
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