Excess early mortality in HIV/hepatitis B virus co-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya

Murithi Mbae^{1

2}, Leah Owen³, Kirwa Kiprono Elisha², Amos Ndhere², Ndwiga Stanley Mugambi², Ram Yogev^{4

5}, Robert L Murphy⁴, Joseph N Jarvis^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² African Infectious Diseases Village Clinics, Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
³ Virology Department, University College Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
⁵ Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.

Comment

Murithi Mbae et al. AIDS. 2019.

. 2019 Jul 1;33(8):1404-1406.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002216.

Murithi Mbae^{1

2}, Leah Owen³, Kirwa Kiprono Elisha², Amos Ndhere², Ndwiga Stanley Mugambi², Ram Yogev^{4

5}, Robert L Murphy⁴, Joseph N Jarvis^{1

6}

¹ Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² African Infectious Diseases Village Clinics, Kajiado District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya.
³ Virology Department, University College Hospital, London, UK.
⁴ Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
⁵ Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana.

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Comment on

Hepatitis B virus coinfection is associated with high early mortality in HIV-infected Tanzanians on antiretroviral therapy.
Christian B, Fabian E, Macha I, Mpangala S, Thio CL, Ulenga N, Mugusi F, Ammerman LR, Fawzi W, Green R, Murphy R, Hawkins C. Christian B, et al. AIDS. 2019 Mar 1;33(3):465-473. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002073. AIDS. 2019. PMID: 30702515