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SUBMITTER: Matthews PC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4517770 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthews Philippa C PC Beloukas Apostolos A Malik Amna A Carlson Jonathan M JM Jooste Pieter P Ogwu Anthony A Shapiro Roger R Riddell Lynn L Chen Fabian F Luzzi Graz G Jaggernath Manjeetha M Jesuthasan Gerald G Jeffery Katie K Ndung'u Thumbi T Goulder Philip J R PJ Geretti Anna Maria AM Klenerman Paul P
PloS one 20150728 7
There is progressive concern about the evolving burden of morbidity and mortality caused by coinfection with HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV) in sub-Saharan Africa, but the epidemiology and impact of this problem are not well defined. We therefore set out to assimilate more information about the nature of HBV/HIV coinfection in this region by undertaking a retrospective observational study of southern African adult women. We used samples from previously recruited HIV-1 positive women attending ...[more]