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  • Title: Lamivudine-resistant HBV infection in HIV-positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in a public routine clinic in Cameroon.
    Author: Kouanfack C, Aghokeng AF, Mondain AM, Bourgeois A, Kenfack A, Mpoudi-Ngolé E, Ducos J, Delaporte E, Laurent C.
    Journal: Antivir Ther; 2012; 17(2):321-6. PubMed ID: 22290198.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In Africa, most HIV-HBV-coinfected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) receive an anti-HBV lamivudine monotherapy that has been shown in northern countries to lead to frequent emergence of drug resistance. We assessed the HBV prevalence and the rate and pattern of lamivudine-resistant HBV mutations in Cameroonian HIV-infected, ART-treated patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was performed in 2006-2007 at the HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic of the Central Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Plasma samples were tested as appropriate for hepatitis B surface antigens, antibodies to hepatitis B core, HBV DNA, genotypes and lamivudine-resistant polymerase mutations. RESULTS: Of 552 adult patients (71% women, median age 38 years), 290 had received lamivudine-based ART for 12 months and 262 for 24 months. No patient had received tenofovir. The prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen was 9.8%. Overall, 26% of seropositive patients had an HBV DNA level >40 IU/ml. Genotypes A and E were identified. Polymerase resistance mutations were detected in 14% and 60% of patients at months 12 and 24, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This study supports both WHO recommendations of screening for HBV before initiation of ART and of using ART containing tenofovir and either lamivudine or emtricitabine in HIV-HBV-coinfected patients in Africa.
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