Abstract

CARVALHO, Flávia Helena Pontes de; SILVA, Andréa Nazaré Monteiro Rangel da; MELO, Heloísa Ramos de Lacerda  and  COELHO, Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte. Prevalence of anti-HCV among HIV seropositive patients. Rev. Para. Med. [online]. 2006, vol.20, n.3, pp.11-13. ISSN 0101-5907.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of anti-HCV among HIV seropositive patients. METHODS: HCV antibodies were detected by ELISA (Hepatitis C anti-HCV, Wiener Lab.). RESULTS: The co-infection found was 4,1%(14/343). Among co-infected, 64,2%(9/14) were male sex and age varied from 30 a 39 years with 64,2% (9/14). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of HCV/HIV co-infection in that study was low in compared with others regions of Brazil and the world.

Keywords : HIV; HCV; seroprevalence.

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