Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, Alessandro Tavelli, Romina Salpini, Lorenzo Piermatteo, Stefano D'Anna, Stefania Carrara, Vincenzo Malagnino, Valentina Mazzotta, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Giulia Carla Marchetti, Elena Rosselli Del Turco, Roberto Rossotti, Cristina Mussini, Andrea Antinori, Sergio Lo Caputo, Francesca Ceccherini Silberstein, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Valentina Svicher, Massimo Puoti
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to study hepatitis D virus (HDV) prevalence and risk of progression to severe liver-related events (SLRE) in HBsAg positive people living with HIV (PLWH) in Italy; role of HDV-RNA copy levels, HCV coinfection and nadir CD4 counts were also investigated. METHODS: People living with HIV (PLWH) from Italian Foundation cohort Naïve antiretrovirals (ICONA) with available HBsAg and HDV Ab were enrolled. HBsAg, HDV Ab, HDV-RNA and HDV genotypes were tested...
December 15, 2023: Liver International: Official Journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver