J Korean Med Sci.  2020 Jan;35(3):e7. 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e7.

Significance of Decreasing Rate of HIV and HBV Co-infection in a Nationwide Korean HIV/AIDS Cohort

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea. ksw2kms@knu.ac.kr
  • 2Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Internal Medicine and AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 5Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 6Division of Viral Disease Research Center for Infectious Disease Research, Korea National Institute of Health, Cheongju, Korea.

Abstract

From December 2006 to December 2016, 1093 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) individuals < 70 years enrolled in Korea human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cohort were analyzed to investigate the prevalence of HIV/HBV co-infection rate and hepatitis B virus surface antibody (HBsAb) positive rate based on birth year. The HBV co-infection prevalence rate was the highest (8.8%) in patients born between 1960 and 1964 and the lowest (0%) among those born between 1995 and 1999. A decreasing linear trend of HBV co-infection rate was observed according to the 5-year interval changes. HBsAb-positive rate was only 58.1% in our study. The national HBV vaccination programs have effectively lowered the HBV co-infection rate in HIV population. However, it is identified that the HIV population has low HBsAb positive rate. Further evidences supporting efficacy of booster immunization for HBsAb negative HIV patients are required and efforts should be made to increase HBsAb positive rates among HIV patients to prevent horizontal transmission.

Keyword

Hepatitis B Virus; HIV Infection; Co-Infection; Vaccination; National Cohort

MeSH Terms

Cohort Studies*
Coinfection*
Hepatitis B virus
HIV Infections
HIV*
Humans
Immunization, Secondary
Korea
Parturition
Prevalence
Vaccination
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