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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Clinical-pathological features and HIV infection in Mozambican patients

Mozambique had been ranked among the countries with the highest global incidence of HCC with chronic hepatitis B infection and high exposure to aflatoxin-B1 (AFB1) being major risk factors. Indeed, HCC remains one of the most frequent cancer in Maputo. On the other hand, Mozambique has a high prevalence ...

Prevalência da infecção pelo vírus de hepatite b (hbv), em indivíduos infectados pelo vírus de imunodificiência humana (hiv), atendidos no centro de saúde de polana caniço; maputo – moçambique
Prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), seen at the polana caniço health center; maputo - mozambique

iA infecção pelo HBV é um problema de saúde pública em muitos países, principalmente nos países em desenvolvimento. Esta infecção pode levar à doença crónica hepática, a cirrose e câncer do fígado. A co-infecção com o HIV, tem agravado o peso da doença pois esses vírus compartilham o m...

HBV infection in untreated HIV-infected adults in Maputo, Mozambique

PLos ONE; 7 (9), 2012
Background HIV/ HBVcoinfected patients are at high risk of developing chronic HBV infection, liver cir rhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. In Mozambique, where HIV prevalence is one of the highest in the world, HIV-infected patients are scarcely characterized in terms of HBV coin fection and 3TC-resista...