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    Absence of Active Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinics in Zambia and Mozambique.
    (2016-Mar) Wandeler G; Mulenga L; Hobbins M; Joao C; Sinkala E; Hector J; Aly M; Chi BH; Egger M; Vinikoor MJ; Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Dakar, Senegal.; School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; University of Alabama at Birmingham.; School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka; Department of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia.; Nucleo de Investigação Operacional, Pemba , Mozambique.; SolidarMed , Ancuabe, Mozambique, Lucerne , Switzerland.; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.; CIDRZ; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
    Few studies have evaluated the prevalence of replicating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Among 1812 individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus, no patient in rural Mozambique and 4 patients in urban Zambia were positive for anti-HCV antibodies. Of these, none had confirmed HCV replication.