Relationship between Antibodies to Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus among Thai Selected Groups

Background and aims: hepatitis c virus (hcv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections are major publichealth problems world-wide. this study attempted to analyze the relationship between positive antibodies to hcv (antihcv)and antibodies to hiv (anti-hiv) in thai selected groups.methods: a retrospective analysis of subject profiles including: demographic parameters, the main risk behavior andresults of anti-hcv and anti-hiv tests perfomed on 165 injecting drug users (idus), 400 sexually transmitted disease(std) patients, and 2,529 of the general population (2,167 blood donors and 362 premarital check-up individuals) wascarried out. results: history profile analysis showed high positive rate of anti-hcv in ious with and without anti-hiv (90.14% vs. 87.23%). in std patients, the precentages were 13% and 5.67% respectively, and those in the general population were 22.22% and 2.55%, respectively. results revealed significant relationships between positive anti-hcv and antihivin std patients (p=0.0283; relative risk=2.29) and the general population (p< 0.0001; relative risk=8.72), but no significance was observed in iou patients (p=0.7392; relative risk=1.03).conclusions: there were significant relationships between anti-hcv and anti-hiv among std patients and the general population, however none was observed in the idu group.