Hepatitis B testing and treatment in HIV patients in The Gambia—Compliance with international guidelines and clinical outcomes

Gibril Ndow; Mindy L. Gore; Yusuke Shimakawa; Penda Suso; Abdoulie Jatta; Saydiba Tamba; Amina Sow; Coumba Touré-Kane; Fouzia Sadiq; Saihou Sabally; Ramou Njie; Mark R. Thursz; Maud Lemoine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179025

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Hepatitis B testing and treatment in HIV patients in The Gambia—Compliance with international guidelines and clinical outcomes

Gibril Ndow ,

* E-mail: g.ndow@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery & Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, Hepatitis Unit, Disease Control & Elimination, MRC Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia

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Mindy L. Gore,

Affiliation Section of Virology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Yusuke Shimakawa,

Affiliation Unité d’Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Penda Suso,

Affiliation Hepatitis Unit, Disease Control & Elimination, MRC Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
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Abdoulie Jatta,

Affiliation Hepatitis Unit, Disease Control & Elimination, MRC Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
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Saydiba Tamba,

Affiliation Hepatitis Unit, Disease Control & Elimination, MRC Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia
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Amina Sow,

Affiliation Laboratoire Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Senegal
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Coumba Touré-Kane,

Affiliation Laboratoire Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Aristide Le Dantec, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Senegal
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Fouzia Sadiq,

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery & Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Saihou Sabally,

Affiliation Hands on Care HIV Clinic, Brikama Health Centre, Brikama, The Gambia
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Ramou Njie,

Affiliations Hepatitis Unit, Disease Control & Elimination, MRC Unit The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO, Lyon, France
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Mark R. Thursz,

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery & Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Maud Lemoine

Affiliation Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Surgery & Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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Hepatitis B testing and treatment in HIV patients in The Gambia—Compliance with international guidelines and clinical outcomes

Gibril Ndow,
Mindy L. Gore,
Yusuke Shimakawa,
Penda Suso,
Abdoulie Jatta,
Saydiba Tamba,
Amina Sow,
Coumba Touré-Kane,
Fouzia Sadiq,
Saihou Sabally

Published: June 14, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179025

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