title: Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique.
abstract: Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Dakar, Senegal.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wandeler
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka; Department of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: Lloyd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mulenga
authors.affiliation: SolidarMed , Ancuabe, Mozambique, Lucerne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hobbins
authors.affiliation: SolidarMed , Ancuabe, Mozambique, Lucerne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Candido
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joao
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka; Department of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.
authors.forename: Edford
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sinkala
authors.affiliation: SolidarMed , Ancuabe, Mozambique, Lucerne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hector
authors.affiliation: Nucleo de Investigação Operacional, Pemba , Mozambique.
authors.forename: Musa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aly
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Benjamin H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; University of Alabama at Birmingham.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vinikoor
keywords: HIV infection; hepatitis C infection; screening; sub-Saharan Africa