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Journal of Integrative Oncology

Journal of Integrative Oncology

ISSN: 2329-6771

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HIV Coinfection

In the United States, people living with HIV are at increased risk of developing chronic viral hepatitis and liver disease. This means that they could have a coinfection, or two or more infections at the same time.

Hepatitis B and HIV are viruses that are carried in a person's blood and are transmitted mainly through sexual contact and injection drug use. Because people can contract HIV and hepatitis B in the same way, a large number of adults at risk for HIV infection are also at risk for hepatitis B. People who have both HIV and hepatitis B are more at risk for developing chronic hepatitis B. who have HIV and hepatitis B co-infection may also have serious health problems and are more at risk for liver disease and death . To prevent hepatitis B infection, all HIV-infected patients should receive a hepatitis B vaccine.

Since hepatitis C is a virus transmitted through direct contact with the blood of an infected person, co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C is common (62–80%) in people with disabilities with HIV. Although transmission through injection drug use remains the most common means of contracting hepatitis C in the United States, sexual transmission is an important mode of acquisition among gay and bisexual men. Hepatitis C is one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease in the United States, and hepatitis C-related liver damage progresses faster in people co-infected with HIV. Hepatitis C infection can also affect the management of HIV infection. The guidelines recommend that all people living with HIV be screened for hepatitis C and that those at increased risk be retested every year.

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