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Provedor de dados: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Hepatitis B virus in the State of Alagoas, Brazil: genotypes characterization and mutations of the precore and basal core promoter regions	
Autores: 	Eloy,Alba Maria Xavier; Moreira,Regina Célia; Lemos,Marcílio Figueiredo; Silva,Jéfferson Luis de Almeida; Coêlho,Maria Rosângela Cunha Duarte.	
Data: 	2013-12-01	
Ano: 	2013	
Palavras-chave: 	Genotypes; HBV mutation; Alagoas; Brazil.	
Resumo: 	The aims of this study were to investigate the genotypes of hepatitis B virus and to identify the precore G1896A and basal core promoter A1762T/G1764A mutations in HBsAg and anti-HBc-positive patients. Eighty-three asymptomatic individuals, three with acute hepatitis B and 33 with chronic hepatitis B referred to viral hepatitis centers in the State of Alagoas, Brazil were analyzed according to their viral load, HBeAg/anti-HBe profile and alanine aminotransferase serum level. The genotypes identified were: A (92.5%), C (5%), D (1.25%) and F (1.25%). The precore mutation was detected in 3.8% of sequences and basal core promoter mutation in 52.4%. These were identified in 45.45% of the asymptomatic individuals and 54.55% of the patients with chronic hepatitis, irrespective of viral load and alanine aminotransferase serum level. In genotype C, only the basal core promoter mutation was identified and no mutations were identified in genotypes D and F.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/other	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000600013	
Editor: 	Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases	
Relação: 	10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.011	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.17 n.6 2013	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess