Sustained remission of chronic hepatitis C after acute hepatitis B superinfection.
We observed acute HBV superinfection on chronic HCV genotype 1 infection in a 29-y-old injection drug user. On presentation HCV-RNA was already negative and remained so for at least 7 months thereafter. We speculate that clearance of HCV-HBV coinfected cells by HBV-specific immunity might be a mechanism of HCV eradication.
Jessner
Wolfgang
W
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. wolfgang.jessner@uklibk.ac.at
Strasser
Michael
M
Graziadei
Ivo
I
Berr
Frieder
F
Vogel
Wolfgang
W
D000328:Adult; D006509:Hepatitis B; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D015163:Superinfection