Journal article
Hepatitis B and Delta virus are prevalent but often subclinical co-nfections among HIV infected patients in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa: A cross-sectional study
B Langhoff Hønge, S Jespersen, C Medina, D Da Silva Té, ZJ Da Silva, S Lewin, L Østergaard, C Erikstrup, C Wejse, AL Laursen, H Krarup
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014
Abstract
The members of the Bissau HIV cohort study group are: Amabelia Rodrigues, David da Silva, Zacarias da Silva, Candida Medina, Ines Oliviera-Souto, Lars ∅stergaard, Alex Laursen, Morten Sodemann, Peter Aaby, Anders Fomsgaard, Christian Erikstrup, Jesper Eugen-Olsen and Christian Wejse (chair). Background: Co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) may lead to accelerated hepatic disease progression with higher rates of liver cirrhosis and liver-related mortality compared with HBV mono-infection. Co or super-infection with hepatitis Delta virus (HDV) may worsen the liver disease and complicate treatment possibilities. Methods: In this cross-sectional study ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The study was supported by the Bandim health project, 'Overlaege Johan Boserup og Lise Boserups Legat', 'Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond', 'Jacob og Olga Madsens Fond' and 'Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond'. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Global Fund) supported the data collection during 2009-2013 through the 'Secretariado National de Luta contra o Sida' in Guinea-Bissau. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Denmark (DANIDA) provided a travel grant for BLH. Aarhus University, Denmark supported a one year scholarship for BLH. Abbott provided serology reagents. WAPHIR and IeDEA supported data collection in Bissau. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.