Effects of co-infection with hepatitis C virus and GB virus C on CD4 cell count and HIV-RNA level among HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy

AIDS. 2002 Jul 26;16(11):1556-9. doi: 10.1097/00002030-200207260-00015.

Abstract

The effects of co-infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and GB virus C (GBV-C) on CD4 cell counts and plasma HIV-RNA levels has been investigated in HIV-infected patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Patients co-infected with HCV and GBV-C experienced a CD4 cell increase during 4 years of HAART, whereas the increase stopped after 2 years in the other groups.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-HIV Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Female
  • Flaviviridae Infections / complications
  • Flaviviridae Infections / immunology
  • Flaviviridae Infections / virology
  • GB virus C / immunology*
  • HIV / genetics
  • HIV / growth & development
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • Hepatitis C / complications*
  • Hepatitis C / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • RNA, Viral / blood

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • RNA, Viral