Evaluation of impact of occult hepatitis B infection in chronic HCV-infected patients: A retrospective cohort study

Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) may contribute to liver damage and variable therapeutic response in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection.To study the prevalence of OBI and to evaluate its impact and/or that of anti-HBc total seropositivity on clinical outcomes and response to directly acting antiviral (DAA) therapy in CHC-infected patients.A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary care liver hospital from January...