title: Epidemiological and virological features of HBV infection in HIV-2 infected patients living in southeastern France.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colson
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Motte
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gallais
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Poizot-Martin
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tamalet
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral