Baja prevalencia de infección oculta por VHB en pacientes infectados por VIH en el sur de España

• Autores: Federico A. di Lello, Juan Macías, Celia Cifuentes Barrios, Julio Vargas, José Carlos Palomares Folia, Juan Antonio Pineda Vergara
• Localización: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiología clínica, ISSN 0213-005X, Vol. 30, Nº. 6, 2012, págs. 312-314
• Idioma: español
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  • Introduction The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of occult HBV infection in HIV-positive patients in a centre in Southern Spain.

    Methods The HBV serological markers were investigated in all the patients and the presence of HBV-DNA was tested by PCR in patients with isolated anti-HBc.

    Results An isolated anti-HBc pattern was detected in 144/520 (27.7%) patients. HBV-DNA was detected in one of these patients (0.7%).

    Conclusions In Southern Spain, there is a low prevalence of occult HBV infection among HIV-infected patients, despite increasing immigration from endemic countries.