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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Overview
Co infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) is common due to shared routes of transmission.
Epidemiology
In areas of low endemicity, such as North America, Australia and Europe, HBV and HIV infection are usually acquired in adulthood through sexual or percutaneous transmission. In areas of low endemicity, the prevalence of chronic co infection is around 5-7% among HIV-infected individuals.[1] In countries with intermediate and high HBV endemicity, the main routes of transmission of HBV are perinatal or in early childhood; in these countries HBV co infection rates are 10-20%.
Reference
- ↑ Alter MJ (2006). "Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and HIV co-infection". J. Hepatol. 44 (1 Suppl): S6–9. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2005.11.004. PMID 16352363. Retrieved 2012-03-29.