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ArticleLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2021

Epidemiological trends of HBV and HDV coinfection among Viennese HIV+ patients.

Caroline Schmidbauer, David Chromy, Victor U Schmidbauer, Michael Schwarz, Mathias Jachs, David J M Bauer, Teresa Binter, Michael Apata, Dung T Nguyen, Mattias Mandorfer and 10 more

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Article in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Low coverage of hepatitis D virus testing in individuals with hepatitis B virus and HIV, the Netherlands, 2000 to 2022.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Caroline SchmidbauerDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-7762-7483
David ChromyVienna HIV & Liver Study Group, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-1807-8258
Victor U SchmidbauerVienna HIV & Liver Study Group, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3599-1436
Michael SchwarzDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2587-1385
Mathias JachsDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
David J M BauerDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9363-8518
Teresa BinterDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael ApataDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Dung T NguyenDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Mattias MandorferDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-2330-0017
Benedikt SimbrunnerDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8181-9146
Armin RiegerDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Florian MayerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Monika BreuerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Robert StrasslDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Ralf SchmidtDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Institute of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Heidemarie HolzmannCenter for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael TraunerVienna HIV & Liver Study Group, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael GschwantlerDepartment of Internal Medicine IV, Klinik Ottakring, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2523-1708
Thomas ReibergerDivision of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4590-3583
Medical University of Vienna · ATAustrian Competence Centre of Food Safety · ATSigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsDespite vaccination recommendations, hepatitis B (HBV) and D (HDV) coinfections are common in HIV+individuals.

methodsHBV immunization status (anti-HBs) as well as HBV (HBsAg/HBV-DNA) and HDV (anti-HDV) coinfection rates were assessed in 1870 HIV+individuals at HIV diagnosis (baseline, BL) and last follow-up (FU).

resultsSixty-eight (3.6%) HIV patients were never tested for HBV. At BL, 89/1802 (4.9%) HIV patients were HBV coinfected. Four hundred and fifteen (23.0%) showed virological HBV clearance [HBsAg(-)/anti-HBc(+)/anti-HBs(+)] and 210 (11.7%) presented with anti-HBc(+) only. Seven hundred and ten (39.4%) were HBV naïve [HBsAg(-)/anti-HBs(-)/anti-HBc(-)/HBV-DNA(-)], but only 378 (21.0%) received vaccinations with detectable anti-HBs(+) titres. Among the 89 HBV/HIV-coinfected patients, only 52 (58.4%) were tested for HDV: 11/49 (22.4%) had anti-HDV(+) and 3/12 (25.0%) showed HDV-RNA viraemia. During a median FU of 6.5 (IQR 7.2) years, 44 (4.6%) of the 953 retested BL HBV-negative patients acquired new HBV infection (including 15/304, 4.9% of vaccinated patients). Of the 89 patients, 22 (24.7%) patients cleared their HBsAg, resulting in 60/1625 (3.7%) HIV/HBV individuals at FU: 34 (56.7%) showed HBV-DNA suppression and 15 (25.0%) were HBV viraemic, while 12/89 (13.5%) remained without a FU test. Vaccinations induced anti-HBs(+) in 137 of the retested 649 (21.1%) BL HBV-naïve patients.

conclusionHBV testing is well established among Viennese HIV+patients with HBV coinfection rates around 4%-5%. HBV vaccinations are insufficiently implemented since anti-HBs titres were detected in only 21.1% of HBV-naive HIV(+) patients and new HBV infections occurred in previously vaccinated patients. HDV testing is not systematically performed despite up to 25% of HIV/HBV patients may show HDV coinfection.

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CoinfectionHepatitis BHIV InfectionsHepatitis B Surface AntigensHepatitis B virusHumansHepatitis B Surface AntigensepidemiologyHBVHDVHIV

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PMID34268869
PMCPMC9290933
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