Hepatitis B virus genotypes identified by a Line Probe Assay (LiPA) among chronic carriers from Spain.
Genotypes A and D of the hepatitis B virus were found to be prevalent among 278 chronic carriers residing in Spain, and genotypes B, C, E and F were detected with significant frequency (9%). Two genotype E infections corresponded to carriers born in Spain who had never traveled to Africa. These results indicate that genotype E is beginning to circulate in the Spanish population in the same way that genotype F did in the past.
Servicio de Microbiología Diagnóstica, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain. jmecheva@isciii.es
José María
JM
Echevarría
Pilar
P
León
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000821:virology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005061:Europe, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005202:Asia, Eastern / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods*
D004279:DNA, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens