Table 1 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of each patient pooled.

From: Comparison of methods and characterization of small RNAs from plasma extracellular vesicles of HIV/HCV coinfected patients

Patients characteristics

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

Gender

Female

Male

Female

Male

Age (years)

52

47

54

53

Ethnic group

Caucasian

Caucasian

Caucasian

Caucasian

HIV infection

HIV-1

HIV-1

HIV-1

HIV-1

Route of transmission

IDUs

Sexual

IDUs

IDUs

Viral subtype

Unknown

B

Unknown

Unknown

HIV viral load (Ul/ml)

Undetectable

< 20

< 40

Undetectable

Clinical stage

B3

A1

B3

B3

Antiretroviral therapy

ABC/DTG/3TC

ABC/DTG/3TC

3TC + DRV/c

ETR + DRV/r

Viral tropism

No

No

No

No

CD4 (%)

26

36

30

29

Chronic HCV infection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HCV route of transmission

IDUs

Sexual

IDUs

IDUs

Genotype and viral subtype

1a

1a

1

4

HCV active infection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

HCV viral load (Ul/ml)

786,000

353,000

74,300

10,000,000

Fibrosis stage

F0–F1

Unknown

F0–F1

F0–F1

Fibroscan

6

4,3

5,2

Coinfected with cytomegalovirus

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Hepatitis B

Resolved

Resolved

Resolved

Vaccinated

  1. HIV human immune deficiency virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, IDUs intravenous drug users, ABC abacavir, DTG dolutegravir, 3TC lamivudine, DRV/c darunavir/cobicistat, DRV/r darunavir/ritonavir, ETR etravirine.