Patients With HIV, Hepatitis B Coinfection Face Increased Risk For Hepatitis D, Research Suggests

Healio (1/17, Stulpin) reported, “Patients with HIV [PWH] and hepatitis B coinfection are at an increased risk for hepatitis D, which is associated with an increased risk of liver-related complications and mortality, researchers found.” One investigator “concluded that PWH and [hepatitis B virus] coinfection remain at risk for hepatitis D virus ‘superinfection’ in the era of tenofovir-containing ART.” The findings were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.