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

Federico A. di Lello, Juan Macías, Celia Cifuentes Barrios, Julio Vargas, José Carlos Palomares Folia, Juan Antonio Pineda Vergara

• 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.