Impact of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the progression of mother-to-child transmitted hepatitis C virus infection

Emilia Sánchez Ruiz, Gemma Claret-Teruel, Antoni Noguera-Julián, Carmen Muñoz-Almagro, Rafael Jiménez, Clàudia Fortuny

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Resumen

Data on mother-to-child transmitted human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) coinfection are scarce. A prospective observational study with a cohort of 70 HCV-infected children (13 of whom were HIV/HCV-coinfected; mean follow-up: 7.3 years) is presented. In our series, surrogate markers of disease progression (HCV viremia, maximum alanine aminotransferase values, and spontaneous HCV infection clearance) suggest that the evolution of liver disease in HIV/HCV-coinfected pediatric patients is more aggressive than it is in HCV-only infected children.
Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)801-804
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volumen30
N.º9
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 1 sept 2011

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