Liver fibrosis in treatment-naïve HIV-infected and HIV/HBV co-infected patients: Zambia and Switzerland compared.

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Abstract

To examine the association between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and liver fibrosis in HIV-infected patients in Zambia and Switzerland.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Infect. Dis.

Title: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-3511

ISSN (Print): 1201-9712

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2016

Volume: 51

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Electronic address: gilles.wandeler@ispm.unibe.ch.

[2 ] Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

[3 ] Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

[4 ] Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

[5 ] University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

[6 ] University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

[7 ] University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

[8 ] Regional Hospital, Lugano, Switzerland.

[9 ] Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

[10 ] Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

[11 ] Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

[12 ] Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

[13 ] Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.

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Publisher Item ID: S1201-9712(16)31155-9 Mid ID: NIHMS814830

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.028

PMC ID: 5363287

PubMed ID: 27596685

SO-VID: 7f99fb9b-bf0f-4522-8ba0-456f2fa65def

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Keywords: Switzerland,Zambia,Liver fibrosis,Hepatitis B infection,HIV

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Keywords: Switzerland, Zambia, Liver fibrosis, Hepatitis B infection, HIV

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