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| Sitnik,R; Sette Jr,H; Santana,R.A.F; Menezes,L.C; Graça,C.H.N; Dastoli,G.T.F; Silbert,S; Pinho,J.R.R. |
| Genotype 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 genotypes B, C, D, and F have already been reported. We report here an HBV genotype E-infected patient and some characterization of surface (S) protein, DNA polymerase (P) and precore/core (preC/C) coding regions based on the viral genome. The patient is a 31-year-old black man with chronic hepatitis B who was born and raised in Angola. He has been followed by a hepatologist in São Paulo, Brazil, since November 2003, and he is a frequent traveler to Latin America, Africa, and Europe. In 2003, he was diagnosed with HBV infection and started treatment with lamivudine with the later addition of adefovir... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis B; HBV genotype E; Precore mutation; Brazil; Africa; African traveler. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001200013 |
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