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Session 16-Themed Discussion
TD: Hepatitis B and C: The Next Chapter in the Management of HIV in Resource-limited Countries
Wednesday, 1-2 pm; Room 2005
      689

High Prevalence of Unexplained Liver Fibrosis Associated with HIV in Rural Southwestern Uganda
Larissa Stabinskil1, S Reynolds1, P Ocama2, K Newell3, A Ndyanabo4, D Thomas5, R Gray5, M Wawer5, T Quinn1, and G Kirk5
1NIH, Bethesda, MD, US; 2Makerere Univ, Kampala, Uganda; 3SAIC Inc, Rakai, Uganda; 4Rakai Hlth Sci Prgm, Uganda; and 5Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, US
      690 Response to ART in HBV/HIV Co-infected West Africans
David Chadwick1, F Sarfo2, M Ankcorn1, M Patel3, A Garcia3,4, A M Geretti3,4, and R Phillips2,5
1The James Cook Univ Hosp, Middlesbrough, UK; 2Komfo Anokye Teaching Hosp, Kumasi, Ghana; 3Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK; 4Univ Coll London Med Sch, UK; and 5Kwame Nkrumah Univ of Sci and Tech, Kumasi, Ghana
      691

Factors Associated with Hepatotoxicity in an International HIV/HBV Co-infected Cohort on Long-term HAART
Jennifer Audsley1,2, E Seaberg3, J Sasadeusz2, G Matthews4, A Avihingsanon5, K Ruxrungtham5, G Dore4, S Locarnini6, C Thio3, and S Lewin1,2
1Monash Univ, Melbourne, Australia; 2The Alfred Hosp, Melbourne, Australia; 3Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore, MD, US; 4Natl Ctr in HIV Epi and Clin Res, Sydney, Australia; 5HIVNAT Res Collaboration, Bangkok, Thailand; and 6Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Lab, Melbourne, Australia
      692

Characterization of HBV and Its Association with HIV in an ART-naïve, Multi-national Cohort from 2 Randomized Controlled Trials of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group
Chloe Thio1, L Smeaton2, M Saulynas1, H Hwang1, N Kumarasamy3, T Flanigan4, J Hakim5, F Amod6, T Campbell7, J Currier8, and PEARLS/A5175 and OCTANE/A5208 Study Teams for the ACTG
1Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, US; 2Harvard Sch of Publ Hlth, Boston, MA, US; 3YR Gaitonde Ctr for AIDS Res and Ed, Chennai, India; 4Warren Alpert Med Sch of Brown Univ, Providence, RI, US; 5Univ of Zimbabwe Coll of Hlth Sci, Harare; 6Nelson Mandela Sch of Med, Univ of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; 7Univ of Colorado Hlth Sci Ctr, Denver, US; and 8Univ of California, Los Angeles, US
      693

Prevalence of HCV Infection among HIV-1-infected Pregnant Women in Malawi: The BAN Study
Charles Chasela1,2 and the BAN Study Team
1UNC Project, Lilongwe, Malawi and 2Univ Coll Dublin, Ireland
      694 Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Co-infection and Response to ART among HIV-infected Patients in an Urban Setting in Tanzania
B Christian1, J Okuma2, Claudia Hawkins1,3, G Chalamilla1,2, D Spiegelman2, T Nagu4, M Kanyangarara1, F Mugusi4, and W Fawzi1,2
1MDH HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Prgm, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 2Harvard Sch of Publ Hlth, Boston, MA, US; 3Northwestern Univ, Chicago, IL, US; and 4Muhimbili Univ of Hlth and Allied Sci, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
      695 Prevalence and Clinical Course of Occult HBV Infection in Serology Negative HIV Patients in Johannesburg, South Africa
Cynthia Firnhaber1, C Yu Chen1, D Evans1, M Maskew1, D Schulze1, A Reyneke1, A Di Bisceglie2, and A Kramvis1
1Univ of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and 2St Louis Univ, MO, US
      696 HBV Polymerase and Surface Mutations in a Cohort of HIV/HBV Co-infected Patients Accessing Lamivudine-based HAART in Kumasi, Ghana
A Garcia-Diaz1,2, D Chadwick3, M Patel2, R Phillips4, and Anna Maria Geretti1,2
1Univ Coll London Med Sch, UK; 2Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK; 3The James Cook Univ Hosp, Middlesbrough, UK; and 4Kwame Nkrumah Univ of Sci and Tech, Kumasi, Ghana