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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2007; 13(37): 5015-5020
Published online Oct 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i37.5015
Coinfection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus in HIV-infected patients in south India
Shanmugam Saravanan, Vijayakumar Velu, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Subhadra Nandakumar, Kailapuri Gangatharan Murugavel, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Solomon Suniti, Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan
Shanmugam Saravanan, Vijayakumar Velu, Subhadra Nandakumar, Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan, Department of Microbiology, Dr ALM PGIBMS, University of Madras, Chennai 600 113 and National Referral Centre for Viral Hepatitis, India
Shanmugam Saravanan, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Kailapuri Gangatharan Murugavel, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Solomon Suniti, Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan, YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by a grant-in-aid for “Referral Center for Chronic Hepatitis and Molecular Virology” at Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Madras from the Indian Council of Medical Research India
Correspondence to: Dr. Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan, YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India. saravanan@yrgcare.org
Telephone: +91-44-22542929 Fax: +91-44-22542939
Received: February 11, 2007
Revised: July 1, 2007
Accepted: July 26, 2007
Published online: October 7, 2007
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