Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in south India

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of HIV and hepatitis coinfected patients

Groups	Total	Age	Sex		Probable route of transmission				Mean CD4 counts(cells/mm3)	CDC status
			Male	Female	Sexual	IVDs	Blood	Not known		A	B	C
HIV alone	444	36 ± 9	298	146	320	35	41	48
									334 ± 1991	261	171	201
HIV + HBV	45	32 ± 6	39	6	35	-	2	8	294 ± 1732
										42	192	172
HIV + HCV	11	38 ± 8	9	2	4	3	3	1	231 ± 104	1	3	7

CDC: Centre for Disease Control; IVD: Intra-venous drug users.

¹Based on the available clinical data, only 63 out of the total 444 HIV alone infected patients could be classified and

²only 40 out of the total 45 HIV/HBV coinfected could be classified.

Table 2 HBV marker profile of HBV/HIV co-infected patients (n = 40)

HIV/HBV coinfection group(CDC 1993 revised) (n = 40)1	HBV marker
	HBsAg	HBeAg	Anti-HBe	HBV DNA
Group A	4 (10%)	1 (25%)	3 (75%)	1 (25%)
Group B	19 (48%)	9 (47%)	10 (53%)	9 (47%)
Group C	17 (42%)	12 (71%)	5 (29%)	13 (76%)

¹Based on the available clinical data, only 40 out of the total 45 HIV/HBV co-infected could be classified according to HIV disease group as per CDC-1993 revised classification.

Table 3 HCV marker profile of HCV/HIV co-infected patients (n = 11)

HIV Disease Group of HIV/HCV coinfected cases(CDC 1993 revised)	HCV coinfection(n = 11)	Anti- HCV and HCV RNApositive (n = 6)	Anti HCV alonepositive (n = 3)	HCV RNA alonepositive (n = 2)
Group A	1 (9%)	1	0	0
Group B	3 (27%)	1	1	1
Group C	7 (64%)	4	2	1