BACKGROUND. Co-infection with hepatitis C in HIV-infected individuals is associated with 3- to 4-fold higher mortality among these patients' siblings, compared with siblings of mono-infected HIV-patients or population ...
Obel, Niels; Reinholdt, Hanne; Omland, Lars H; Engsig, Frederik; Sørensen, Henrik T; Hansen, Ann-Brit E(BioMed Central, 2008-4-25)
BACKGROUND: Hospital-based discharge registries are used increasingly for longitudinal epidemiological studies of HIV. We examined completeness of registration of HIV infections and of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis ...
