Poor CD4/CD8 ratio recovery in HBcAb-positive HIV patients with worse immune status is associated with significantly higher CD8 cell numbers

Abstract Low CD4+ cell count in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection during combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has been described; however, notably few studies have investigated coinfected patients positive for antibodies to the HBV c antige...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Malagnino, Carlotta Cerva, Elisabetta Teti, Laura Campogiani, Mirko Compagno, Luca Foroghi Biland, Laura Saderi, Daniele Armenia, Romina Salpini, Valentina Svicher, Giovanni Sotgiu, Marco Iannetta, Massimo Andreoni, Loredana Sarmati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83616-z