[PDF] Top 20 Hepatitis B virus genotypes circulating in Brazil: molecular characterization of genotype F isolates

... distribution of HBsAg subtypes in Brazil, published in the late 1980s, reported a high incidence of adw2 (associated with geno- type A) in all regions, except the South region, ... See full document

... frequency of HDV coinfection was lower in blood donors from Manaus and the higher rate of coinfection detected in Eirunepe city, probably reflects the high endemicity for these viruses already ... See full document

... Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma ...presence of occult HBV infection ... See full document

... done in haemodialysis units in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo demonstrated that genotypes A and D are prevalent in Rio de Janeiro, while only genotype D was detected ... See full document

... between hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes and liver histology are ...aim of this study was to compare HBV non-B and non-C genotypes according to demographic features, ... See full document

... E of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has not been described in Brazil and is found mainly in ...Africa. Genotype A is the most prevalent in Brazil, and ... See full document

... for hepatitis B virus (HBV) ...conducted in the hemodialysis population of the state of Goiás, Central Brazil, aiming to assess the prevalence of HBV infection, to ... See full document

... the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype distribution and HBV genomic mutations among a group of human immunodeficiency virus-HBV co-infected patients from an AIDS outpatient clinic ... See full document

... aims of this study were to investigate the genotypes of hepatitis B virus and to iden- tify the precore G1896A and basal core promoter A1762T/G1764A mutations in HBsAg and ... See full document

... The isolates responsible for the epidemics in 1990 and 1998 were clustered within this ...lineage. In 1990, an epidemic outbreak took place in Rio de Janeiro one or two years after the ... See full document

... 2010), genotype F is found in Central and South America (Pineiro y Leone et ...2011), genotype G is found in France, Mexico and the United States of America (Stuyver & Gendt ... See full document

... designated genotypes (1 to 6), each one comprising multiple subtypes (designated a, b, c, ...These genotypes and subtypes have distinct geographical distributions. Genotype determination is a ... See full document

... panel of ten HBV strains of known subtype and genotype was used to develop a PCR assay for specific detection of genotype F ...7-1991; F), ayw2 (BrF and BrN; D), and ayw3 ... See full document

... HAV isolates. A: neighbor-joining method (Saitou & Nei 1987); B: maximum par- simony method (Edwards & Cavalli-Sforza 1963); C: maximum likelihood method (Felsenstein ...18 isolates sequenced ... See full document

... Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious global health ...10 genotypes recognized. In Brazil, the Roraima State is the third in the Northern region regarding the ... See full document

... populations of some Afri- can countries (Sugauchi et al. 2003). Studies of subgroup A2, classified as an “European” genotype, suggest that it may have been introduced to Europe by Portuguese traders ... See full document

... location of most cases of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) in ...Brazil. In the present study, the genotypes of HAV strains from Pernambuco State, one of ... See full document

... prevalence of hepatitis differs ac- cording to the region. In some Asian countries, the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) ranges from ...[3]. In India, this ... See full document

... release circulating microfilariae (Mf ) in the blood of their definitive ...tection of circulating adult female antigens (currently only for ...and molecular approaches [1, 11, ... See full document

... HCV genotypes and the epidemiology of the disease in Pará justify the adaptation of prevention and treatment strategies that meet local needs, since the vast majority of these ... See full document