Introduction: Despite the emergence of new treatments for HCV genotype 3 (HCV G3),
there is still a lack of data about this particular subgroup in Brazil. Our objective was
to describe clinical and sociodemographic variables and treatment profile of HCV G3
Brazilian patients.
Methods: This was a descript...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV) are the two most common infections among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. OBJECTIVE: To identify the frequency of HIV subtypes and HCV genotypes in HIV-coinfected patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional and retrospective s...
ABSTRACT The Brazilian Public Health Service provides freely αPEG-IFN to treat patients infected with HCV. The primary goal of HCV therapy is the long-term elimination of HCV from the blood to reduce the risk of HCV associated complications and death. Patient viremia affects the treatment duration a...
Introducción: el seguimiento virológico de los pacientes con hepatitis C se realiza mediante la determinación cuantitativa del ácido ribonucleico viral por técnicas de biología molecular.
Objetivos: evaluar el comportamiento virológico de los pacientes con hepatitis crónica C tratados con antivi...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The interaction between serum lipids and C virus infection is well known, as are serum lipid levels in the Peg-IFN / RBV-based treatment. However, with direct action antivirals (DAAs) this behavior is still unclear. OBJECTIVE: To compare serum lipids levels between patients treat...
ABSTRACT Co-infections of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and either human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) or type 2 (HTLV-2) have been described as having an impact on HCV viremia and subsequent disease progression. HCV load in serum samples from 622 patien...
ABSTRACT Background and rationale. Many different non-invasive methods have been studied with the purpose of staging liver fibrosis. The objective of this study was verifying if transient elastography is superior to aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index for staging fibrosis in patients with...
