Reactivation of Hepatitis B in HIV Patients Treated for Hepatitis C
Reactivation of Hepatitis B in HIV Patients Treated for Hepatitis C
Vicente Soriano
UNIR Health Sciences School and Medical Center, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Madrid, Spain
*Correspondence: Vicente Soriano. Email: vicente.soriano@unir.net
Abstract
Two billion people have been exposed to HBV and exhibit serological markers of past infection such as anti-HBc and/or anti-HBs. However, around 240 million suffer from chronic hepatitis B, as defined by the presence of serum HBsAg for longer than six months. In addition, a small proportion of patients exposed to HBV may harbor detectable viremia (serum HBV DNA) in the absence of HBsAg, which is named âoccult hepatitis Bâ?.
