Objective: To investigate the carriage of HBs antigen (Ag) and hepatitis C virus in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at Grand-Yoff General Hospital. Materials and Methods: Sera from patients living with HIV and monitored at Grand-Yoff General Hospital have benefited from research for HBs Ag, HBe Ag, anti-H[8] Be antibodies and on these co-infected patients, a test for hepatitis C virus was also carried out. Results: This study included 147 HIV-infected patients and including 95 women (64.63%) and 52 men (35, 37%) with a median age of 46 years (16-78 years). The gender ratio is M/W was 0.54 and the age group most represented at inclusion was 30-39 years old with 31.97% of patients. 12, 25% of patients were co-infected HIV and hepatitis B including 11 women (61.11%) and 7 men (38.89%). The median age was 39.5 years (33-60 years), women were the affected by co-infection and 44.44% of them were married. Chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C markers were tested for in HIV/HBV coinfected patients using a microparticulate chemiluminescence immunoassay technic. Investigation of hepatitis B chronicity markers indicated that all patient, except one, underwent anti-HBe seroconversion (94.4%) and no case of co-infection with HCV had been noted. During follow-up, all patients were under antiretroviral therapy with mainly tenofovir (TDF) which was the most used molecule with 83.33%, followed by lamivudine (3TC) 16.67%. Conclusion: HIV infection is a major public health problem when it is associated with hepatitis B and C virus.
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