Chakravarty R, Pal A. Insights into human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis B virus co-infection in India. World J Virology 2015; 4(3): 255-264 [PMID: 26279986 DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v4.i3.255]
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Runu Chakravarty, PhD, ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB 4, 1st Floor, 57 Dr. Suresh Chandra Banerjee Road, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India. runugc@gmail.com
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Virology
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World J Virology. Aug 12, 2015; 4(3): 255-264 Published online Aug 12, 2015. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v4.i3.255
Insights into human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis B virus co-infection in India
Runu Chakravarty, Ananya Pal
Runu Chakravarty, Ananya Pal, ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB 4, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India
Author contributions: Chakravarty R and Pal A reviewed the available literature; Pal A wrote the manuscript; Chakravarty R critically revised the draft with significant intellectual inputs.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Runu Chakravarty, PhD, ICMR Virus Unit, Kolkata, ID and BG Hospital Campus, GB 4, 1st Floor, 57 Dr. Suresh Chandra Banerjee Road, Kolkata 700010, West Bengal, India. runugc@gmail.com
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Received: October 28, 2014 Peer-review started: October 31, 2014 First decision: December 12, 2014 Revised: April 21, 2015 Accepted: May 7, 2015 Article in press: May 8, 2015 Published online: August 12, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Various parameters of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection including molecular epidemiology, disease profile and treatment outcome remains unexplored in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive individuals from India, a major reservoir for HBV and HIV infection of the globe. Only few reports particularly from eastern Indian HIV-HBV co-infected cohort represented some interesting findings in context to the global reports on this co-infection. Comparing with the available worldwide studies, issues that should be addressed for research in India are identified and a call for further investigations on HIV-HBV co-infection in India is highlighted through this article. This is needed for proper management of HIV-HBV co-infected Indian population.
