Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis G virus among hemodialysis patients in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey.
OBJECTIVE
To study the prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis G virus (HGV) in hemodialysis patients in East Anatolia, Turkey.


METHODS
Eighty-nine hemodialysis patients and 30 healthy individuals were analyzed by using reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction with primers specific for 5' untranslated region. HGV genotyping was performed by PCR and three randomly selected HGV-positive samples were sequenced.


RESULTS
Of the 89 hemodialysis patients, HGV RNA was detected in 9 (10.2%). All of our isolates were assigned to genotype 2.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results showed that hemodialysis patients carry the risk for HGV infection in East Anatolia, Turkey.
Ozdarendeli
Aykut
A
Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Firat University Medical School, Elazig, Turkey. aozdarendeli@hotmail.com
Toroman
Zulal A
ZA
Kalkan
Ahmet
A
Kilic
Suleyman S
SS
Ozden
Mehmet
M
Doymaz
Mehmet Z
MZ
D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D029407:GB virus C / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014421:Turkey
D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral