Zinc deficiency and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV and hepatitis C co-infected anti-retroviral naïve persons with alcohol use in Russia.

Zinc deficiency and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV and hepatitis C co-infected anti-retroviral naïve persons with alcohol use in Russia.

<h4>Background and aims</h4>Liver disease in people living with HIV co-infected with hepatitis C virus is a source of morbidity and mortality in Russia. HIV accelerates liver fibrosis in the setting of HCV co-infection and alcohol use. Zinc deficiency is common among people living with H...

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Main Authors: Joshua A Barocas, Kaku So-Armah, Debbie M Cheng, Dmitry Lioznov, Marianna Baum, Kerrin Gallagher, Daniel Fuster, Natalia Gnatienko, Evgeny Krupitsky, Matthew S Freiberg, Jeffrey H Samet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218852

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218852

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