[HGV and TTV - new hepatitis viruses].
OBJECTIVE
To examine clinical, immunological and morphological features of HGV- and TTV-infections in patients with chronic hepatic diseases (CHD) and assess efficiency of treatment of HGV-seropositive patients.


METHODS
202 patients with CHD were examined for markers of HBV-, HCV-, HGV- and TTV-infections. Some patients were subjected to puncture biopsy of the liver. Efficiency of interferon-alpha treatment of HGV and HBV/HCV coinfection was studied.


RESULTS
HGV RNA and TTV DNA were detected in 19.8 and 11.8% of cases, respectively. Biochemical indices in patients with HGV and TTV monoinfections significantly differed from those in the control group while morphological changes in most of them corresponded to those with hepatitis. INF-alpha was given to 7 patients with HGV + HBV/HCV infections. A response was achieved in 3 months in 2 of them.


CONCLUSIONS
The role of HGV and TTV in hepatic diseases pathology is still unclear. Further studies on detection and examination of patients infected with G and TT viruses are necessary. When choosing therapy, the presence of HGV RNA and TTV DNA in blood serum, virus genome in hepatocytes and histological changes in hepatic tissue should be considered.
Loginov
A S
AS
Sharafanova
T I
TI
Reshetniak
V I
VI
Il'chenko
L Iu
LIu
Shepeleva
S D
SD
Serova
T I
TI
Tkachev
V D
VD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D022783:Torque teno virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D004279:DNA, Viral; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D012367:RNA, Viral