HIV co-infection and hepatitis b viruses: prevalence and progression of hepatic disease
International Journal of Development Research
HIV co-infection and hepatitis b viruses: prevalence and progression of hepatic disease
Received 20th August, 2018; Received in revised form 22nd September, 2018; Accepted 17th October, 2018; Published online 28th November, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Leandro Júnior de Lima. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This manuscript is a review of the literature on the prevalence and progression of liver disease. Viral hepatitis B continues to have great incidence and is one of the main problems of Public Health in Brazil and in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 370 million people are chronic carriers of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). In regions with high positive indexes of disease cases, or between groups with a high risk of parenteral transmission, co-infections are common; however, the prevalence of hepatitis B-related comorbidity is not known worldwide because of the scarcity of population-based research. In this way, we will analyze the publications that bring contributions on the issue of co-infections between HIV and hepatitis B virus.
