Outcomes of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV infection with and without HBV-active antiretroviral therapy
Date:
05/01/2021
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Citation:
Falade-Nwulia O, Seaberg EC, Snider AE, Rinaldo CR, Wolinsky SM, Witt MD, Thio CL. Outcomes of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV infection with and without HBV-active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2021 May 1;35(6):991-993. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002844. PMID: 33587444; PMCID: PMC8101059.
Abstract
Men with acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study from 1985 to 2013 had serological testing to determine proportions with HBV recovery or chronic hepatitis B (CHB). A similar proportion of men without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and men with HIV receiving HBV-active antiretroviral therapy (ART) developed CHB [8.2%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 3.8-15.0% vs. 7.7%, 95% CI 2.00-36.0%]. In contrast, 17.5% (95% CI 8.7-29.9%) of men living with HIV, not on HBV-active ART developed CHB. HBV-active ART protects against developing CHB.