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ArticleThe Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Hepatitis B virus reactivation after treatment for hepatitis C in hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection.

Raul Carlos Wahle, Renata Mello Perez, Patrícia Fucuta Pereira, Elze Maria Gomes Oliveira, Christini Takemi Emori, Silvia Naomi de Oliveira Uehara, Ivonete Sandra de Souza Silva, Antônio Eduardo Benedito Silva, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz

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Article in The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. HBV-HCV Coinfection: Viral Interactions, Management, and Viral Reactivation.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Raul Carlos WahleDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: wahle@uol.com.br.
Renata Mello PerezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Patrícia Fucuta PereiraDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Elze Maria Gomes OliveiraDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Christini Takemi EmoriDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Silvia Naomi de Oliveira UeharaDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Ivonete Sandra de Souza SilvaDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Antônio Eduardo Benedito SilvaDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Maria Lucia Gomes FerrazDiscipline of Gastroenterology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In coinfected HBV/HCV patients, HBV replication is usually suppressed by HCV over the time. No study to date has evaluated the HBV viremia in long-term follow-up after HCV treatment in hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection. This study aimed to assess the evolution of HBV viremia after HCV treatment in this special population. Ten hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection with dominant HCV infection (HBV lower than 2000 IU/mL) and significant fibrosis were treated with interferon-alpha 3 MU 3×/week for 12 months and could be followed for at least 36 months after HCV treatment. Six cases of HBV reactivation (60%) during follow-up were observed and 5/6 had been successfully treated for HCV. Patients with HBV reactivation received anti-HBV therapy. Our preliminary findings indicate that treatment of hepatitis C in HBV/HCV coinfected hemodialysis patients may favor HBV reactivation. Thus, continued monitoring of HBV viremia must be recommended and prompt anti-HBV therapy should be implemented.

Indexed as

AdultAntiviral AgentsCoinfectionFemaleHepacivirusHepatitis BHepatitis B virusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansInterferon-alphaMaleRenal DialysisRetrospective StudiesViremiaVirus ActivationAntiviral AgentsInterferon-alphaCoinfection HBV/HCVHemodialysisReactivation HBV

Identifiers

PMID25997784
PMCPMC9427496
OpenAlexW1870386223

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