Hepatitis B And C Viruses 

Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV/HCV) are among the leading causes of liver disease. Hepatitis B and C can cause long-term, or chronic infections. A person can have both hepatitis B and hepatitis C at the same time. The study showed that in the two and a half decades after 1984, hepatitis B infection was more serious than hepatitis C. Now, in 2012, this difference is even greater. Chronic hepatitis C has become a curable disease. Chronic hepatitis B is manageable, but not yet curable. Because these infections can be spread in the same ways as HIV, people with HIV in the United States are often also affected by chronic viral hepatitis. Viral hepatitis progresses faster and causes more liver-related health problems among people with HIV than among those who do not have HIV. Liver disease, much of which is related to HBV or HCV, is a major cause of non-AIDS-related deaths among people with HIV.