Epidemiological and virological features of HBV infection in HIV-2 infected patients living in southeastern France.
We studied HBV infection in 34 HIV-2-infected patients followed-up in Marseilles. Ten (29%) patients were chronically-infected with HBV, which represents a three-times higher rate than in HIV-1-infected patients in Europe. HBV occult infection was diagnosed in two patients. HBV genotype E was found in seven patients; its specificities and the reciprocal influence of HIV-2/HBV-co-infection remain to be evaluated.
Colson
Philippe
P
Laboratoire de Virologie, Fédération Hospitalière de Bactériologie-Virologie Clinique et d'Hygiène, CHRU Timone, 264 rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France. philippe.colson@ap-hm.fr
Henry
Mireille
M
Motte
Anne
A
Gallais
Hervé
H
Moreau
Jacques
J
Poizot-Martin
Isabelle
I
Tamalet
Catherine
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005838:Genotype; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D015498:HIV-2; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D004279:DNA, Viral