HIV and Viral Hepatitis Among Imprisoned Key Populations

Viral Hepatitis among HIV+ Patients in Northern Vietnam

Prevalence of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV infection among hemodialysis patients in Jenin District (Palestine)

Background and Aims: End-stage renal disease patients treated by hemodialysis (HD) are more susceptible for infection by viral hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. Infection by these viruses is promoted by the characteristic immunological dysfunction that develops in renal failure and interferes with the patient's ability to eliminate these viruses. Prevalence of these v...

Viral hepatitis in HIV infection.

From the Division of Infectious Disease, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School — both in Boston (M.J.K.); and the Division of Gastroenterology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco (M.G.P.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Koziel at the Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Rm. 223a, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, or at [email protected].

The Key Role of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) Activities in Viral Hepatitis Elimination Programs

Viral-Associated GN: Hepatitis C and HIV.

Viruses are capable of inducing a wide spectrum of glomerular disorders that can be categorized on the basis of the duration of active viremia: acute, subacute, or chronic. The variable responses of the adaptive immune system to each time period of viral infection results mechanistically in different histologic forms of glomerular injury. The unique presence of a chronic viremic carrier state w...