title: Sustained remission of chronic hepatitis C after acute hepatitis B superinfection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria. wolfgang.jessner@uklibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jessner
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strasser
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Graziadei
authors.forename: Frieder
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berr
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: 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