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Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis B and C viral co-infections in HIV infected children in Lagos, Nigeria.

Mary Adetola LawalOluwafunmilayo Funke AdeniyiPatricia Eyanya AkintanAbideen Olurotimi SalakoOlorunfemi Sunday OmotoshoEdamisan Olusoji Temiye
Published in: PloS one (2020)
The prevalence of HBV and or HCV infection among HIV-infected children is similar to the prevalence among HIV naïve children, suggesting that HIV-infected children are not more predisposed to viral hepatitis than healthy children. Also, there was no significant difference in the prevalence of HBV infection irrespective of the use of HBsAg or anti-HBc.
Keyphrases
  • hiv infected
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • young adults
  • hepatitis b virus
  • risk factors
  • hepatitis c virus
  • sars cov
  • hiv positive
  • hiv aids
  • men who have sex with men