Co-infection of Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus among human immunodeficiency virus infectious patients in Bach Mai hospital

ABSTRACT

A study was conducted among 427 HIV-positive patients at Bach Mai hospital in 6 months early 2002. The results showed that the rate of HIV- positive patients in anti-HCV positive group was 81.03%, the rate of HBsAg in HIV- positive patients was 18.26%. The rate of co-infection of Hepatitis C virus, Hepatitis B virus in HIV- positive patients was 14.9%. The rate of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV- positive persons infected through injecting drug use was 88.5%; in HIV- positive persons infected both through injecting drug use and sex was 83.67%. The rate of HIV- positive in patients infected through sex was 47.44%