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Genetic analysis of hepatitis A virus isolates from Brazil

✍ Scribed by Vanessa S. de Paula; Ling Lu; Christian Niel; Ana M.C. Gaspar; Betty H. Robertson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 127 KB
Volume: 73
Category: Article
ISSN: 0146-6615
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20101

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Abstract

A limited number of hepatitis A virus (HAV) isolates from South America have been characterised at the genomic level. IgM anti‐HAV positive serum samples collected from patients with hepatitis A living in the five geographical regions of Brazil (North, Northeast, Central, South, and Southeast) were used to obtain HAV isolates and determine their genetic relatedness. Of the 232 case isolates, sequence data were obtained from the VP1/2A junction region of the HAV genome. All isolates were classified in genotype I; 231 belonged to subgenotype IA, and one to subgenotype IB. HAV isolates from four States formed distinct clusters of highly related sequences. However, isolates from other states did not cluster and the sequences from those states were intermingled with sequences found in the other states. The amino acid sequences of all but two isolates showed a Leu → Ile substitution at position 42 in the 2A protein. This substitution appeared to be a characteristic geographic fingerprint of HAV sequences within Brazil. J. Med. Virol. 73:378–383, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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