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SUBMITTER: Greer AE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5659928 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Greer Amy E AE Ou San-San SS Wilson Ethan E Piwowar-Manning Estelle E Forman Michael S MS McCauley Marybeth M Gamble Theresa T Ruangyuttikarn Cholticha C Hosseinipour Mina C MC Kumarasamy Nagalingeswaran N Nyirenda Mulinda M Grinsztejn Beatriz B Pilotto Jose Henrique JH Kosashunhanan Natthapol N Gonçalves de Melo Marineide M Makhema Joseph J Akelo Victor V Panchia Ravindre R Badal-Faesen Sharlaa S Chen Ying Q YQ Cohen Myron S MS Eshleman Susan H SH Thio Chloe L CL Valsamakis Alexandra A
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20171201 4
<h4>Objective</h4>Data comparing hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in HIV-infected [HIV(+)], and HIV-uninfected [HIV(-)] individuals recruited into the same study are limited. HBV infection status and chronic hepatitis B (cHB) were characterized in a multinational clinical trial: HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN 052).<h4>Method</h4>HBV infection status at enrollment was compared between HIV(+) (N = 1241) and HIV(-) (N = 1232) from 7 HBV-endemic countries. Hepatitis B e antigen and plasma HBV ...[more]