Genotyping of hepatitis B virus isolated from chronic hepatitis B patients in the south of Turkey by DNA cycle-sequencing method

Serin, MS; Akkiz, H; Abayli, B; Oksuz, GÜLŞAH; Aslan, G; Emekdas, G

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.007

Genotyping of hepatitis B virus isolated from chronic hepatitis B patients in the south of Turkey by DNA cycle-sequencing method

Serin M., Akkiz H., Abayli B., Oksuz M., Aslan G., Emekdas G.

DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE, cilt.53, sa.1, ss.57-60, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2005
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.007
Dergi Adı: DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57-60
Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The 8 genotypes of hepatitis B virus (HBV A-H) show a distinct geographic distribution and influence the Course of disease and the prognosis of treatment. In this study, we have genotyped 50 HBV isolates circulating in the south of Turkey by DNA cycle sequencing, based on their compatibility with reference sequences of a part of S gene. In our cases, all 50 (100%) HBV sequences from the patients demonstrated full compatibility with the sequences of ayw Subtype viruses in genotype D. However, we have found some nucleotide sequence variations within genotype D, 47 (94%) of which were related to HBVGEN1 (Z35716 genotype D) and 3 (6%) were related to HBVDNA (X68292, genotype D). (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.