title: Reactivation of Hepatitis B in HIV Patients Treated for Hepatitis C.
abstract: Two billion people have been exposed to HBV and exhibit serological markers of past infection such as anti-HBc and/or anti-HBs. However, around 240 million suffer from chronic hepatitis B, as defined by the presence of serum HBsAg for longer than six months. In addition, a small proportion of patients exposed to HBV may harbor detectable viremia (serum HBV DNA) in the absence of HBsAg, which is named "occult hepatitis B".
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
mesh_terms: D060085:Coinfection; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014775:Virus Activation / Q000187:drug effects*