RESUMEN
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of GB virus C on laboratory markers and histological parameters among HIV-seropositive patients coinfected with HCV. Lower degrees of hepatic lesions were observed in the triple-infected patients, in comparison with HIV-HCV coinfected patients who were negative for GBV-C RNA.
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Infecciones por Flaviviridae/complicaciones , Virus GB-C , Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones , Hepatitis C Crónica/complicaciones , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Alanina Transaminasa/sangre , Aspartato Aminotransferasas/sangre , Relación CD4-CD8 , Progresión de la Enfermedad , Femenino , Infecciones por Flaviviridae/patología , Infecciones por Flaviviridae/virología , Genotipo , Infecciones por VIH/patología , Hepatitis C Crónica/enzimología , Hepatitis C Crónica/patología , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , ARN Viral/análisis , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Carga Viral , Adulto Joven , gamma-Glutamiltransferasa/sangreRESUMEN
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of GB virus C on laboratory markers and histological parameters among HIV-seropositive patients coinfected with HCV. Lower degrees of hepatic lesions were observed in the triple-infected patients, in comparison with HIV-HCV coinfected patients who were negative for GBV-C RNA.
O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar o efeito da infecção pelo vírus GB-C em marcadores laboratoriais e parâmetros histológicos em pacientes HIV soropositivos coinfectados com VHC. Menor grau de lesão hepática foi observado nos pacientes com tripla infecção em comparação aos pacientes coinfectados com VIH-VHC negativos para GBV-C RNA.