%0 Journal Article
%T Viral hepatitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus
%A Pavan
%A Maria Helena P.
%A Aoki
%A Francisco Hideo
%A Monteiro
%A Dinaida Teresa
%A Gon£¿ales
%A Neiva Sellan L.
%A Escanhoela
%A Cec¨ªlia Am¨¦lia F.
%A Gon£¿ales J¨²nior
%A Fernando L.
%J Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
%D 2003
%I Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
%R 10.1590/S1413-86702003000400005
%X from 1992 to 1995 we studied 232 (69% male, 87% caucasian) anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-hiv) positive brazilian patients, through a questionnaire; hiv had been acquired sexually by 50%, from blood by 32%, sexually and/or from blood by 16.4% and by an unknown route by 1.7%. intravenous drug use was reported by 29%; it was the most important risk factor for hiv transmission. the alanine aminotransferase quotient (qalt) was >1 for 40% of the patients, 93.6% had anti-hepatitis a virus antibody, 5.3% presented hepatitis b surface antigen, 44% were anti-hepatitis b core antigen positive and 53.8% were anti-hepatitis c virus (anti-hcv) positive. the anti-hcv test showed a significant association with qalt>1. patients for whom the probable hiv transmission route was blood had a 10.8 times greater risk of being anti-hcv positive than patients infected by other routes. among 30 patients submitted to liver biopsy, 18 presented chronic hepatitis.
%K hepatitis c virus
%K human immunodeficiency virus
%K alanine aminotransferase quotient
%K anti-hepatitis a antibody
%K hepatitis b surface antigen
%K anti-hepatitis b core antigen (anti-hbc).
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