| Literature DB >> 1965126 |
E Chamot1, B Hirschel, J Wintsch, C F Robert, V Gabriel, J J Déglon, S Yerly, L Perrin.
Abstract
A time-point survey of 262 ex-intravenous drug users (IVDUs) on methadone treatment showed serological evidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 64%, hepatitis B virus in 74% and HIV in 36%. Analysis of previously collected frozen stored sera of the same patients showed that 31 further IVDUs had had anti-HCV antibodies in the past and had lost them in a time-dependent fashion. Most HCV seroreversion was detected in HIV-positive people: 20 out of 85 in the HIV-positive group versus 11 out of 18 in the HIV-negative group.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1965126 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199012000-00016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS ISSN: 0269-9370 Impact factor: 4.177