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| Title: | Management of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in resource-limited settings |
| Authors: | Ocama, Ponsiano
Seremba, Emmanuel |
| Keywords: | Epidemiology
Hepatitis C virus
HIV/AIDS
Resource-limited setting
Treatment
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Citation: | Ocama, P., Seremba, E. (2011). Management of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in resource-limited settings. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 6 |
| Abstract: | Purpose of review
To provide an update on the epidemiology and management of HIV and hepatitis C virus
(HCV) in resource-limited settings (RLSs).
Recent findings
The global prevalence of HIV is 33.3 million people of whom 22.5 million live in sub-
Saharan Africa. Hepatitis C affects 170 million people globally with majority of the
infected persons living in sub-Saharan Africa and other RLSs. Transmission of these
viruses varies greatly even within the RLSs. In the RLSs in Europe, Asia and Central/
South America, most transmissions occur through injection drug use, whereas in Africa
use of needles for medical treatment and blood transfusion may be the main modes of
transmission. However, generally there is a rise in injection drug use even in RLSs.
Summary
Hepatitis C and HIV are common infections and are more prevalent in RLSs, but there
are regional differences in transmission even in RLSs. Treatment is difficult in some of
the RLSs and prevention by screening donor blood as well and use of sterile instruments
in treatment of patients will be important in curbing transmission in some of these
settings. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1926 |
| ISSN: | 1746-630X |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Articles (Health-Sciences)
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