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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Identification of hepatitis B virus A1762T/G1764A double mutant strain in patients in Southern Brazil
Autores: | Silva Souza,Adaliany Cecília da; Souza Marasca,Giórgia de; Kretzmann-Filho,Nélson Alexandre; Dall-Bello,Aline; Kliemann,Dimas Alexandre; Tovo,Cristiane Valle; Veiga,Ana Beatriz Gorini da.
Data: | 2017-10-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Hepatitis B; HBV; A1762T/G1764A mutation.
Resumo: | Abstract Infection by hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a worldwide public health problem. Chronic HBV infection with high viral replication may lead to cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. Mutant HBV strains, such as the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutant, have been associated with poor prognosis and higher risk of the patient for developing cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. This study analyzed the presence of the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutant in patients with chronic HBV and its association with clinical parameters such as viral load, aminotransferases, and HBV antigens. A total of 49 patients with chronic hepatitis B were included in the study, and the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutant strain was detected in four samples (8.16%) by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction fragment length analysis (PCR-RFLP). The viral load was not significantly different between patients with or without the double mutant strain (p = 0.43). On the other hand, carriers of the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutant had higher levels of ALT (p = 0.0028), while AST levels did not differ between groups (p = 0.051). In this study, 75% of the samples with the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutation were HBeAg negative and anti-HBe positive, reflecting seroconversion even though they still displayed high viral loads. Our study has shown that the HBV A1762T/G1764A double mutant strain circulates in Brazilian patients, and is associated with elevated levels of ALT and HBeAg seroconversion.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000500525
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.05.002
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.21 n.5 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess