Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and distribution of its genotypes in Northern Eurasia.
Arch Virol
; 141(9): 1613-22, 1996.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8893785
ABSTRACT
We tested hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody in 4216 sera collected from healthy people living in European part of Russia (including Northern, North-Western, Central, Central-Blacksoil, Volga-Vyatka, Volga, and North-Caucasian regions), non-European part of Russia (the Urals, East-Siberia, and the Far-East regions) and Mongolia. Prevalence of HCV antibody varied significantly by regions, ranging from 0.7% in Central region of European part of Russia to 10.7% in Mongolia. Genotyping of HCV (into 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and 3a) was performed on 469 sera from blood donors and patients (in Russia, Moldova, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia) who were positive for both HCV antibody and RNA. Genotype 1b was the most dominant genotype irrespective of regions (68.9%), with the highest rate in Moldova (96%). HCV unclassifiable into genotypes 1a-to-3a was found in 28 (6.0%) samples particularly 4 of 10 samples from Lipetzk were untypable. Overall, HCV genotypes in European part of Russia were more similar to those in European countries, while those in Eastern part of Russia more similar to China or Japan. Genotype distribution was not associated with the clinical expression of HCV disease acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis or liver cirrhosis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hepacivirus
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Anticorpos Anti-Hepatite C
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Virol
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Federação Russa