scholarly journals Review of the Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) RNA Levels in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and HCV Coinfection

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 873-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Curtis L. Cooper ◽  
D. William Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hcv Coinfection ◽  
Rna Levels

scholarly journals Impact of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and Immunologic Status on Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies Diversity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 1940-1950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Babik ◽  
Mark Holodniy
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Quasispecies Diversity ◽  
Immunologic Status

ABSTRACT This study analyzes the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), and thus immunologic status, on hepatitis C virus (HCV) load and quasispecies diversity in patients coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HCV. Three cohorts of coinfected patients were analyzed retrospectively over a period of 7 to 10 months: group A was antiretroviral drug naïve at baseline and then on HAART for the remainder of the study, group B did not receive antiretroviral therapy at any point, and group C was on HAART for the entire study. HCV quasispecies diversity was analyzed by sequencing hypervariable region 1. In a longitudinal analysis, there was no significant change from baseline in any immunologic, virologic, or quasispecies parameter in any of the three groups. However, in comparison to groups A and B, group C had significantly higher CD4+- and CD8+-cell counts, a trend toward a higher HCV load, and significantly increased number of HCV clones, entropy, genetic distance, and ratio of nonsynonymous substitutions per nonsynonymous site to synonymous substitutions per synonymous site (Ka /Ks ). In addition, CD4+-cell count was positively correlated with HCV load, genetic distance, and Ka . Interestingly, patients infected with HCV genotype 2 or 3 had a significantly higher CD4+-cell count, HCV load, genetic distance, and Ka /Ks than those infected with genotype 1. These results suggest that there is no immediate effect of HAART on HCV but that, with prolonged HAART, immune restoration results in an increase in HCV load and quasispecies diversity.

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