Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Genetic Characterization of Hepatitis C Viruses in HIV Positive People who Inject Drugs, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

Mustafizur Rahman, Ezazul Islam Chowdhury, Masud Reza, Md Shah Alam, M. Safiullah Sarker, Mokibul Hassan Afrad, Muntasir Alam, M. Ziaur Rahman, Mahmoud Reza Pourkarim and Tasnim Azim

We investigated the HCV genotypes in HIV positive people who inject drugs (PWID) identified in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2003. Genetic analyses revealed that the PWIDs shared closely related HIV strains subtype C genotypes but HCV genotypes in them were distantly related. This indicates that the mode of transmission of HIV and HCV infections in PWIDs might be different.