Impact of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the progression of mother-to-child transmitted hepatitis C virus infection

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Sep;30(9):801-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182196ab4.

Abstract

Data on mother-to-child transmitted human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) coinfection are scarce. A prospective observational study with a cohort of 70 HCV-infected children (13 of whom were HIV/HCV-coinfected; mean follow-up: 7.3 years) is presented. In our series, surrogate markers of disease progression (HCV viremia, maximum alanine aminotransferase values, and spontaneous HCV infection clearance) suggest that the evolution of liver disease in HIV/HCV-coinfected pediatric patients is more aggressive than it is in HCV-only infected children.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Coinfection / virology
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • HIV / physiology
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hepacivirus / physiology
  • Hepatitis C / complications
  • Hepatitis C / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Young Adult