Insights into human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis B virus co-infection in India

Figure 1 Human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis B virus co-infection: World vs Indian scenario. A: Prevalence of this co-infection is elucidated from most of the developed parts of the world as well as from sub-Saharan African countries as multi-centre and multi-cohort study. The few regional reports available from various regions of India are also represented, highlighting the need for multicentric study; B: Most of the research areas remain unexplored in India as compared to the worldwide reports; C: Mutations in hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome (four open-reading frames) reported among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-HBV co-infected Indian patients. BCP: Basal core promoter.