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Hepatitis B incidence and prevention with antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive individuals in Uganda

  1. Author:
    Seremba, Emmanuel
    Ssempijja, Victor
    Kalibbala, Sarah
    Gray, Ronald H.
    Wawer, Maria J.
    Nalugoda, Fred
    Casper, Corey
    Phipps, Warren
    Ocama, Ponsiano
    Serwadda, David
    Thomas, David L.
    Reynolds, Steven J.
  2. Author Address

    Makerere Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Sch Med, Kampala, Uganda.Leidos Biomed Res Inc, Clin Res Directorate, Clin Monitoring Res Program, Frederick Natl Lab Canc Res, Frederick, MD USA.Rakai Hlth Sci Program, Kalisizo, Uganda.Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Baltimore, MD USA.Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Seattle, WA USA.Univ Washington, Seattle, WA USA.Makerere Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Coll Hlth Sci, Kampala, Uganda.Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Baltimore, MD USA.NIAID, Div Intramural Res, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA.
    1. Year: 2017
    2. Date: Mar 27
  1. Journal: AIDS
  2. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS,
    1. 31
    2. 6
    3. Pages: 781-786
  3. Type of Article: Article
  4. ISSN: 0269-9370
  1. Abstract:

    Objective: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) may interfere with replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV), raising the hypothesis that HBV infection might be prevented by ART. We investigated the incidence and risk factors associated with HBV among HIV-infected adults in Rakai, Uganda.

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  1. DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001399
  2. PMID: 28099188
  3. PMCID: PMC5380792
  4. WOS: 000396003400006

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  1. Fiscal Year: FY2016-2017
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