Title
Genotypes and subgenotypes of hepatitis B virus circulating in an endemic area in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Springer-Verlag Wien
Abstract
Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still endemic in Abancay, Peru, two decades after vaccination against hepatitis B started in the area, little is known about the diversity and circulation of genotypes and subgenotypes of the virus. To identify the genotypes and subtypes of HBV circulating in Abancay, complete genome sequences of 11 treatment-naive HBV-infected patients were obtained, and phylogenetic analysis was conducted with these and additional sequences from GenBank. Genotyping revealed the presence of genotype F in all the samples from Abancay. Subgenotype F1b was dominant and only one isolate belonged to subgenotype F4, which represents the first description of this subgenotype in Peru. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that most subgenotype F1b isolates from Peru clustered in a subgroup along with two sequences from Argentina, whereas two clusters with two HBV/F1b sequences each were indicative of recent epidemiological linkage, but only one could be verified by independent data. These results suggest that the HBV subgenotype F1b seems to be the predominant subgenotype in Abancay, Peru.
Start page
183
End page
189
Volume
163
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85029790553
PubMed ID
Source
Archives of Virology
ISSN of the container
03048608
Sponsor(s)
Funding This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spanish Government [project BFU2014-58656-R], and Generalitat Valenciana [project PROMETEO/2016/122].
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