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What is HBV/HIV Co-infection?

A person who is infected with both the hepatitis B and the HIV viruses is said to have a HBV/HIV Co-infection. Approximately 10% of the HIV-infected population worldwide is infected with hepatitis B. This figure may approach 20% in Southeast Asia, and 5% in North America and Western Europe.


apparently HBV/HIV Coinfection is greater than HCV/HIV Coinfection but the latter gets more attention

http://www.hepb.org/hepb/hbv_hiv_co-infection.htm

http://www.hbvadvocate.org/hepatitis/factsheets_pdf/HBV_HIV%20coinfection.pdf

http://www.hbvadvocate.org/hepatitis/About_Hepatitis_pdf/1.2_Hepatitis_B/piliero.pdf